Alterity completes Placement Tranche One raising $1.3M
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Alterity completes Placement Tranche One raising $1.3M
- Tranche Two completes on 29 December 2023 pending shareholder approval raising an additional $3.5M -
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA AND SAN FRANCISCO, USA – 29 November 2023: Alterity Therapeutics (ASX:
ATH, NASDAQ: ATHE) (“Alterity” or “the Company”), a biotechnology company dedicated to developing
disease modifying treatments for neurodegenerative diseases, has completed Tranche One of a $4.8M
(before costs) Placement to Australian and international institutions and other unrelated sophisticated,
professional or other exempt investors. This first tranche raised approximately $1.3M.
Alterity announced on 22 November 2023 that it had received binding commitments for a capital raising
of A$4.8M via a two-tranche placement to Australian and international institutions and other unrelated
sophisticated, professional or other exempt investors. For every new share issued, one (1) free attaching
short-dated option will be issued. The short-dated option will have an exercise price of A$0.007 and an
expiry date of 31 August 2024. In addition, for every three (3) new shares issued, one (1) free attaching
long-dated option will be issued. The long-dated option will have an exercise price of A$0.01 and an expiry
date of 31 August 2026.
Tranche One of the Placement raised approximately A$1.3M in accordance with the Company’s available
placement capacity pursuant to ASX Listing Rules 7.1 (362,462,762 shares). Tranche Two is anticipated to
raise approximately A$3.5M (1,008,965,809 shares and all free attaching options) conditional on
shareholder approval to be sought at a General Meeting scheduled to be held on 29 December 2023. The
new shares rank equally with ATH fully paid ordinary shares.
Shareholder approval will also be sought at the General Meeting for the approval of a Security Purchase
Plan (“SPP”) under which shares and free-attaching options are to be offered to eligible shareholders on
the same terms as the Placement up to a maximum of $30,000 per eligible shareholder. The maximum
total subscription under the SPP is $2M.
The proceeds from this financing will provide ongoing funding of Alterity’s Phase 2 clinical trials in Multiple
System Atrophy (MSA), ATH434-201 and ATH434-202, along with planning for a potential Phase 3 clinical
trial in MSA, continuing discovery and research efforts in neurodegenerative diseases, including
Parkinson’s Disease, and general working capital.
The placement was managed by MST Financial Pty Ltd.
An Appendix 2A containing further detail regarding the allocation and quotation of shares under
Tranche One placement is being released in conjunction with this announcement.
About Alterity Therapeutics Limited
Alterity Therapeutics is a clinical stage biotechnology company dedicated to creating an alternate future
for people living with neurodegenerative diseases. The Company’s lead asset, ATH434, has the potential
to treat various Parkinsonian disorders and is currently being evaluated in two Phase 2 clinical trials in
Multiple System Atrophy. Alterity also has a broad drug discovery platform generating patentable
chemical compounds to treat the underlying pathology of neurological diseases. The Company is based in
Melbourne, Australia, and San Francisco, California, USA. For further information please visit the
Company’s web site at www.alteritytherapeutics.com.
Authorisation & Additional information
This announcement was authorized by David Stamler, CEO of Alterity Therapeutics Limited.
Investor and Media Contacts:
Australia
Hannah Howlett
we-aualteritytherapeutics@we-worldwide.com
+61 450 648 064
U.S.
Remy Bernarda
remy.bernarda@iradvisory.com
+1 (415) 203-6386
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of section 27A of the Securities Act
of 1933 and section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The Company has tried to identify such forwardlooking statements by use of such words as "expects," "intends," "hopes," "anticipates," "believes," "could,"
"may," "evidences" and "estimates," and other similar expressions, but these words are not the exclusive means
of identifying such statements.
Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking
statements are described in the sections titled “Risk Factors” in the Company’s filings with the SEC, including its
most recent Annual Report on Form 20-F as well as reports on Form 6-K, including, but not limited to the following:
statements relating to the Company's drug development program, including, but not limited to the initiation,
progress and outcomes of clinical trials of the Company's drug development program, including, but not limited to,
ATH434, and any other statements that are not historical facts. Such statements involve risks and uncertainties,
including, but not limited to, those risks and uncertainties relating to the difficulties or delays in financing,
development, testing, regulatory approval, production and marketing of the Company’s drug components,
including, but not limited to, ATH434, the ability of the Company to procure additional future sources of financing,
unexpected adverse side effects or inadequate therapeutic efficacy of the Company's drug compounds, including,
but not limited to, ATH434, that could slow or prevent products coming to market, the uncertainty of obtaining
patent protection for the Company's intellectual property or trade secrets, the uncertainty of successfully enforcing
the Company’s patent rights and the uncertainty of the Company freedom to operate.
Any forward-looking statement made by us in this press release is based only on information currently available
to us and speaks only as of the date on which it is made. We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forwardlooking statement, whether written or oral, that may be made from time to time, whether as a result of new
information, future developments or otherwise.
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