On January 29, 2024 Immunocore Holdings plc (Nasdaq: IMCR), reported its intention to offer, subject to market and other conditions, $300.0 million aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes due 2030 (the "notes") in a private offering to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") (Press release, Immunocore, JAN 29, 2024, View Source [SID1234639680]). Immunocore also expects to grant the initial purchasers of the notes an option to purchase, for settlement within a period of 13 days from, and including, the date the notes are first issued, up to an additional $45.0 million aggregate principal amount of the notes.
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The notes will be senior, unsecured obligations of Immunocore, will accrue interest payable semi-annually in arrears and will mature on February 1, 2030, unless earlier converted, redeemed or repurchased. Upon conversion, Immunocore will deliver ordinary shares represented by American Depositary Shares (the "ADSs") (each currently representing one of Immunocore’s ordinary shares), together with, if applicable, a cash payment in lieu of delivering any fractional ADS, at the then-applicable conversion rate. The interest rate, initial conversion rate and other terms of the notes will be determined at the pricing of the offering.
Immunocore intends to use the net proceeds from the offering, together with its existing cash and cash equivalents, to accelerate its clinical pipeline and for ongoing commercial expansion. In addition, Immunocore intends to repay in full loans outstanding under its loan agreement with investment funds managed by Pharmakon Advisors, LP. Immunocore intends to use any remaining proceeds for other working capital and general corporate purposes.
The offer and sale of the notes, the ADSs deliverable upon conversion of the notes and the ordinary shares represented thereby have not been, and will not be, registered under the Securities Act or any other securities laws, and the notes, such ADSs and such shares cannot be offered or sold except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any other applicable securities laws. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, the notes, the ADSs deliverable upon conversion of the notes or the ordinary shares represented thereby, nor will there be any sale of the notes, such ADSs or such shares, in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, sale or solicitation would be unlawful.