Lausanne, Switzerland, July 17, 2018 - AC Immune SA (NASDAQ: ACIU), a Swiss-based, clinical-stage
biopharmaceutical company focused on neurodegenerative diseases, today announced that it is commencing offerings of up to 10
million new common shares of the Company with a nominal value of CHF 0.02 each. The Company intends to issue all new common
shares against cash contributions as approved by the Company's shareholders.
The Company plans to use the proceeds from the offerings primarily to fund research and development expenses for
the Company's clinical and pre-clinical research and development activities, for working capital and the remainder for general
corporate purposes.
The offerings consist of:
- a first subscription rights offering to the Company's eligible shareholders who held common shares of the Company at the
close of trading on The Nasdaq Global Market on July 2, 2018 (such shareholders, the "eligible shareholders" and such date, the
"record date"), to subscribe for up to 8.5 million newly issued common shares on a pro rata basis (the "first subscription
rights offering");
- a registered public offering of up to 8.5 million newly issued common shares (which is expected to include common shares
offered pursuant to an option granted by the Company to the underwriters to purchase additional common shares) consisting of any
common shares offered, but not subscribed for by eligible shareholders, in the first subscription rights offering through an
accelerated book building procedure (the "primary offering"); and
- a second subscription rights offering to eligible shareholders to subscribe for up to 1.5 million newly issued common shares
on a pro rata basis (the "second subscription rights offering").
The subscription price per common share for the first subscription rights offering and the second subscription
rights offering will be equal to the price per share at which newly issued common shares were sold in the primary offering (the
"offering price"). The price per new common share of the Company will therefore be the same for all three offerings. The offering
price will be determined by the Company and the underwriters after the close of trading on The Nasdaq Global Market on July 18,
2018, based on the number of common shares for which preemptive subscription rights have been exercised in the first subscription
rights offering, investor demand resulting from the book-building procedure, the price of the Company's existing common shares on
The Nasdaq Global Market, and prevailing market conditions, but in no event will the offering price exceed USD 13.59, which
represents a 10% premium to the last reported sale price of the Company's common shares as reported on The Nasdaq Global Market on
July 16, 2018.
For each of the first subscription rights offering and the second subscription rights offering, each eligible
shareholder will be entitled to one preemptive subscription right per existing common share held by such eligible shareholder on
the record date. Each eligible shareholder may subscribe for one newly issued common share for every 6.74 preemptive subscription
rights held by such eligible shareholder in the first subscription rights offering, and for one newly issued common share for every
38.24 preemptive subscription rights held by such eligible shareholder in the second subscription rights offering. The preemptive
subscription rights in the first subscription rights offering and the second subscription rights offering will not be listed or
tradable. No fractions of new common shares will be issued or delivered.
The subscription period for the first subscription rights offering to exercise preemptive subscription rights
begins at 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on July 17, 2018 and will expire at 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on July 18, 2018. The
primary offering is expected to price after the close of trading on The Nasdaq Global Market on July 18, 2018. The subscription
period for the second subscription rights offering to exercise preemptive subscription rights will only begin if the primary
offering is completed and is expected to begin at 3:00 a.m. (New York City time) on July 20, 2018 and to expire at 4:00 p.m. (New
York City time) on July 27, 2018. Preemptive subscription rights not validly exercised within the applicable subscription period
will lapse and become null and void without compensation, and the new common shares for which preemptive subscription rights have
not been validly exercised will be available for allocation by the Company.
Delivery of the new common shares of the Company against payment of the offering price is expected to be made on
or about July 23, 2018 for the first subscription rights offering and the primary offering, and on or about July 31, 2018 for the
second subscription rights offering.
Jefferies LLC, Leerink Partners LLC and UBS Investment Bank are acting as joint book-running managers for the
first subscription rights offering and the primary offering. H.C. Wainwright & Co. is acting as lead manager for these
offerings.
The first subscription rights offering and the primary offering are being made pursuant to an effective shelf
registration statement of the Company previously filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. These offerings may be
made only by means of a prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus. Copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement for
these offerings may be obtained from: Jefferies, LLC Attention: Equity Syndicate Prospectus Department, 520 Madison Avenue, 2nd
Floor, New York, NY 10022, by emailing Prospectus_Department@Jefferies.com; Leerink Partners LLC, Attention: Syndicate Department, One
Federal Street, 37th Floor, Boston, MA 02110 or by email at syndicate@leerink.com, or by calling (800) 808-7525 ex. 6132; or from UBS Investment Bank,
Attention Prospectus Department, 1285 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019 or by email at ol-prospectusrequest@ubs.com, or by calling (888) 827-7275.
The second subscription rights offering will be made pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement of
the Company previously filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. This offering may be made only by means of a
prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus. Copies of the preliminary prospectus for this offering, when available, may
be obtained from the Company in writing at AC Immune SA, EPFL Innovation Park Building B, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland or via
telephone by calling +41 21 345 91 21.
The offerings, each sale and purchase of new common shares of the Company and each exercise of preemptive
subscription rights in the first subscription rights offering and the second subscription rights offering, are subject to market
and other conditions and the restrictions set forth in the Company's articles of association and may be subject to certain
restrictions under applicable laws and regulations. There can be no assurance as to whether or when the offerings may be completed
or as to the actual size or terms of the offerings.
Any eligible shareholder interested in participating in the first subscription rights offering should direct the
bank, broker or other intermediary administering its securities account to which such eligible shareholder's existing common shares
of the Company are credited to contact the Syndicate Department of Jefferies LLC by calling +1 (212) 284-2342 prior to the
expiration of the subscription period and indicate how many preemptive subscription rights such shareholder wishes to exercise.
None of the eligible shareholders or their bank, broker or other intermediary will receive any additional documentation regarding
the first subscription rights offering other than this press release. Eligible shareholders must take the appropriate actions as
instructed herein in order to timely exercise their preemptive subscription rights. Any requests to exercise subscription rights
received after the end of the subscription period will not be accepted.
Any eligible shareholder interested in participating in the second subscription rights offering should contact
Georgeson LLC, acting as information agent, by calling (888) 613-9817 or +1 781-575-2137 prior to the expiration of the
subscription period for the second subscription rights offering. For this offering, eligible shareholders will be sent additional
documentation through Computershare or the banking system.
Disclaimer
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be
any sale of any securities, in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to
registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. This press release is not a prospectus
within the meaning of article 652a of the Swiss Code of Obligations, nor is it a listing prospectus of any exchange or regulated
trading facility in Switzerland. Copies of this press release may not be sent to jurisdictions, or distributed in or sent from
jurisdictions, in which this is barred or prohibited by law.
About AC Immune
AC Immune is a clinical stage Swiss-based biopharmaceutical company, listed on Nasdaq, which aims to become a global leader in
precision medicine for neurodegenerative diseases. The Company designs, discovers and develops therapeutic as well as diagnostic
products intended to prevent and modify diseases caused by misfolding proteins.
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