Fully Underwritten 2 for 5 Entitlement Offer to raise $4.27
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ASX RELEASE
16 April 2024
Fully Underwritten 2 for 5 Entitlement Offer to raise $4.27 million
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Amplia is developing a pipeline of small molecule inhibitors of Focal Adhesion Kinase (FAK) - a
clinically validated target in cancer
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Amplia’s lead compound narmafotinib (AMP945) is the best-in-class FAK inhibitor in
development
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Promising clinical safety and tolerability data positions narmafotinib as the preferred agent to
enhance the activity of drugs that are currently standard-of-care, for the treatment of
pancreatic cancer and other solid tumours
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The capital raising consists of a two (2) for five (5), fully underwritten pro-rata nonrenounceable Entitlement Offer to raise $4.27m
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The New Shares issued under the Entitlement Offer are priced at $0.055 each
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Proceeds from the Entitlement Offer will be used to:
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Provide sufficient funding to undertake the Interim Analysis for the ongoing Phase 2a
ACCENT trial
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Undertake production of additional narmafotinib, and manufacture a further batch of
25,000 capsules
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Support a pilot Investigator Initiated Trial in ovarian cancer
The Entitlement Offer has received significant support from new and existing institutional
investors and the Company’s Directors
The Entitlement Offer
The Company is undertaking a fully underwritten two (2) for five (5), pro-rata non-renounceable
Entitlement Offer to raise $4.27m via the issue of 77.6 million New Shares to Eligible Shareholders in
Australia and New Zealand (Entitlement Offer).
Eligible Shareholders under the Entitlement Offer will be able to subscribe for two (2) New Shares for
every five (5) shares held (Entitlements) at 7:00pm (Melbourne time) on Friday 19 April 2024 (Record
Date) at the Offer Price of $0.055 per New Share. The Entitlement Offer is non-renounceable which
means that Entitlements are not transferable and cannot be traded on the ASX (or any other exchange)
or transferred privately.
The Offer Price of $0.055 per New Share represents a discount of:
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35.3% to the last traded price on Thursday 11 April 2024;
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29.6% to the volume weighted average price of Amplia shares for the 15 business days ending
on Thursday 11 April 2024; and
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28.0% to the theoretical ex rights price (TERP) of Amplia shares.
Level 17, 350 Queen Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
Email info@ampliatx.com
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Eligible Shareholders with registered addresses in Australia and New Zealand will be entitled to
participate in the Entitlement Offer, which will open on Wednesday 24 April 2024 and will close at
5:00pm (Melbourne time) on Wednesday 8 May 2024 (Closing Date) unless extended.
Offer Booklet
An Offer Booklet containing information in respect of the Entitlement Offer will be lodged with ASX on
Wednesday 24 April 2024. The Offer Booklet and Entitlement and Acceptance Form will be made
available to Eligible Shareholders on Wednesday 24 April 2024. Eligible Shareholders should read the
Offer Booklet in full before deciding whether to subscribe for New Shares.
Eligible Shareholders will be able to access a copy of the Offer Booklet via Computershare’s Investor
Centre at www.investorcentre.com/au . Eligible Shareholders will need to provide their Securityholder
Reference Number (SRN) or Holder Identification Number (HIN) and postcode to access the Offer
Booklet and the accompanying Entitlement and Acceptance Form and participate in the Entitlement
Offer.
Top-up Facility
The Entitlement Offer will include a top-up facility, under which Eligible Shareholders who have taken
up their full Entitlement under the Entitlement Offer can apply to take up additional New Shares in
excess of their Entitlements, that have not been taken up by other Shareholders (Top-up Facility).
Eligible Shareholders who subscribe for their full Entitlement will be entitled to subscribe for additional
New Shares representing up to 100% of their Entitlement under the Top-up Facility. Applications will
be allocated on a pro rata basis, subject to applicable laws and scale back in accordance with the policy
described in the Offer Booklet.
Director Participation
The directors of the Company have committed to take a total of ~$228,000 in the Entitlement Offer
comprised as follows:
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Managing Director and CEO, Dr Chris Burns, has committed to take up 60% of his entitlements
under the Entitlement Offer, totalling ~$33,400;
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Director, Jane Bell, has committed to take 100% of her entitlements under the Entitlement
Offer, totalling ~$44,600; and
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Director, Dr Robert Peach, has committed to subscribe for ~$150,000 of general subunderwriting in the Offer, which represents ~4.2x his entitlement.
Underwriting Arrangements
The Entitlement Offer will be fully underwritten by the lead manager of the capital raise, Taylor
Collison Limited (Underwriter), pursuant to an underwriting agreement with the Company dated
Tuesday 16 April 2024 (Underwriting Agreement).
Further details regarding the Underwriting Agreement, and Dr Robert Peach’s sub-underwriting
arrangements, can be found in the investor presentation lodged with ASX on 16 April 2024.
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Use of Funds
The Company intends to use current cash and the funds raised from the Entitlement Offer for the
following purposes:
Purpose
Amount
Pre-clinical studies (cancer)
$0.15m
Phase 1 (Pilot Investigator Initiated) clinical trial – Ovarian Cancer
$0.15m
Phase 2a clinical trial – Pancreatic Cancer
$2.04m
Additional Drug capsule manufacture
$1.35m
IP and licences
$0.1m
Cash costs of the Entitlement Offer
$0.33m
Working capital
$0.15m
TOTAL
$4.27m
Indicative Timetable
The Capital Raising will be conducted according to the following indicative timetable:
Event
Date (2024)
Trading Halt commenced
Friday 12 April
Capital Raising announced, trading halt lifted
Tuesday 16 April
Record Date for Entitlement Offer (AEST 7.00pm)
Friday 19 April
Entitlement Offer opens
Wednesday 24 April
Entitlement Offer closes
Wednesday 8 May
Announcement of results of Entitlement Offer
Wednesday 15 May
Issue of New Shares under the Entitlement Offer
Wednesday 15 May
Trading of New Shares issued under the Entitlement Offer
Thursday 16 May
This Timetable is indicative only and subject to change. The Company may vary these dates, in
consultation with the Underwriter, subject to the ASX Listing Rules. An extension of the Entitlement
Offer Closing Date will delay the anticipated date for issue of the New Shares. The Directors also
reserve the right to withdraw or not proceed with the Entitlement Offer at any time before the
allotment and issue of the New Shares. In that event, the relevant Application Monies will be returned
in full to Applicants (without interest).
Current Optionholders
Existing optionholders may only participate in the Entitlement Offer in respect of their vested options
if those options have been exercised and Shares allotted by the Record Date. Optionholders must
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therefore exercise their options prior to 7:00pm on Friday 19 April 2024 if they intend to participate in
the Entitlement Offer in respect of those vested options.
Further Information
For further information on the Entitlement Offer, you can contact the Company Secretary by email on
info@ampliatx.com . If you have any further questions, you should contact your stockbroker, solicitor,
accountant or other professional advisor.
About the ACCENT Trial
The protocol for the ACCENT trial is entitled ‘A Phase 1b/2a, Multicentre, Open Label Study of the
Pharmacokinetics, Safety and Efficacy of AMP945 in Combination with Nab-paclitaxel and Gemcitabine
in Pancreatic Cancer Patients’.
The trial is a single-arm open label study conducted in two stages. The first stage (Phase 1b)
determined an optimal dose of narmafotinib (AMP945) by assessing the safety, tolerability,
pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and preliminary efficacy of narmafotinib when dosed in
combination with gemcitabine and Abraxane in first-line patients with advanced pancreatic cancer.
This second stage (Phase 2a), of the trial is designed to assess efficacy of narmafotinib in combination
with gemcitabine and Abraxane. The primary endpoints are Objective Response Rate (ORR) and
Duration on Trial (DOT) with secondary endpoints being Progression Free Survival (PFS) and Overall
Survival (OS). Safety and tolerability will continue to be assessed.
More information about the ACCENT trial, including a list of participating sites, can be found via the
Amplia Therapeutics website and at ClinicalTrials.gov under the identifier NCT05355298.
The Company will provide further updates on the trial as recruitment proceeds.
This ASX announcement was approved and authorised for release by the Board of Amplia Therapeutics.
Investor Contact:
Dr Chris Burns
Chief Executive Officer
chris@ampliatx.com
Media Contact:
H^CK Director, Haley Chartres
haley@hck.digital
+61 423 139 163
About Amplia Therapeutics Limited
Amplia Therapeutics Limited is an Australian pharmaceutical company advancing a pipeline of Focal
Adhesion Kinase (FAK) inhibitors for cancer and fibrosis. FAK is an increasingly important target in the
field of cancer and Amplia has a particular development focus in fibrotic cancers such as pancreatic
and ovarian cancer. FAK also plays a significant role in a number of chronic diseases, such as idiopathic
pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). For more information visit www.ampliatx.com and follow Amplia on Twitter
(@ampliatx), Threads (@ampliatx) and LinkedIn.
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