Diamyd Medical announces additional subscription commitments for upcoming rights issue
An investor consortium led by Patrik Hansen has submitted subscription commitments totaling SEK 21.0 million for the upcoming rights issue announced on February 28, 2025. In total, the rights issue of subscription commitments and subscription intentions of approximately SEK 38.7 million, corresponding to approximately 18.6 percent of the rights issue, is thus covered.
As previously announced, a group of existing shareholders in the Company have submitted subscription commitments totaling approximately SEK 9.8 million. Chairman of the Board and founder Anders Essen-Möller has undertaken to subscribe for units corresponding to SEK 5 million. In addition, CEO Ulf Hannelius and CFO Anna Styrud have undertaken to subscribe for their respective pro rata shares corresponding to approximately SEK 0.7 million and approximately SEK 0.3 million. Deputy Chairman of the Board Erik Nerpin has undertaken to subscribe for units corresponding to SEK 0.1 million. In addition, children of Anders Essen-Möller have informed the Company that they intend to subscribe for approximately SEK 1.5 million.
In total, the rights issue is covered by subscription commitments and subscription intentions of approximately SEK 38.7 million, corresponding to approximately 18.6 percent of the rights issue.
The subscription period for Diamyd Medical's rights issue runs from April 15 through April 29, 2025.
Prospectus
An EU growth prospectus with complete terms and conditions for the Rights Issue will be published and made available before the subscription period commences on Diamyd Medical’s website, www.diamyd.com, and on Aqurat Fondkommission AB’s website, www.aqurat.se.
Advisors
G&W Fondkommission acts as Financial Advisor to Diamyd Medical in connection with the Rights Issue. Aqurat Fondkommission AB has been appointed as Issuer Agent.
About Diamyd Medical
Diamyd Medical develops precision medicine therapies to prevent and treat Type 1 Diabetes and LADA (Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults). Diamyd® is an investigational antigen-specific immunomodulatory therapeutic for the preservation of endogenous insulin production specifically for individuals carrying a HLA DR3-DQ2 gene. Diamyd® has been granted Orphan Drug Designation in the U.S. as well as Fast Track Designation by the U.S. FDA for the treatment of Stage 3 (clinically diagnosed symptomatic) Type 1 Diabetes. Diamyd® has also been granted Fast Track Designation for the treatment of Stage 1 and 2 (pre-symptomatic) Type 1 Diabetes. DIAGNODE-3, a confirmatory Phase III trial is actively recruiting patients with recent-onset (Stage 3) Type 1 Diabetes at 60 clinics in eight European countries and in the US. Significant results in preserving endogenous insulin production have previously been shown in a large genetically predefined patient group – both in a large-scale meta-analysis as well as in the Company’s prospective European Phase IIb trial. The DIAGNODE-3 trial is recruiting only this patient group that carries the common genotype known as HLA DR3-DQ2, which constitutes approximately 40 % of patients with Type 1 Diabetes in Europe and the US. A biomanufacturing facility is under development in Umeå, Sweden, for the manufacture of recombinant GAD65 protein, the active ingredient in the antigen-specific immunotherapy Diamyd®. Diamyd Medical is a major shareholder in the stem cell company NextCell Pharma AB and in the artificial intelligence company MainlyAI AB.
Diamyd Medical’s B share is traded on Nasdaq First North Growth Market under the ticker DMYD B. FNCA Sweden AB is the Company’s Certified Adviser.
For further information, please contact:
Ulf Hannelius, President and CEO
Phone: +46 736 35 42 41
E-mail: ulf.hannelius@diamyd.com
Diamyd Medical AB (publ)
Box 7349, SE-103 90 Stockholm, Sweden. Phone: +46 8 661 00 26, Fax: +46 8 661 63 68
E-mail: info@diamyd.com Reg. no.: 556242-3797 Website: https://www.diamyd.com
The information was provided by the contact person above, for publication on March 21, 2025, 12.10 CET.