Final Issue of RiverFort Subscription Shares

Sareum Holdings PLC

23 April 2024

 

Sareum Holdings plc

("Sareum" or the "Company")

Final Issue of RiverFort Subscription Shares

Cambridge, UK, 23 April 2024 - Sareum Holdings plc (AIM: SAR), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing next-generation kinase inhibitors for autoimmune disease and cancer, announces that it has issued 2,260,488 new Ordinary Shares in the capital of the Company to RiverFort Global Opportunities PCC Ltd (the "Riverfort Shares"), in accordance with the terms of the Facility announced on 3 August 2023 (the "Riverfort Facility").

The issuance of the Riverfort Shares will settle the full outstanding balance on the Riverfort Facility. As noted in Sareum's announcement of 28 March 2024, the Company does not intend to make any further withdrawals pursuant to the Riverfort Facility and accordingly the Company will not be issuing any further Subscription Shares pursuant to the Riverfort Facility.

Admission and Total Voting Rights

Application has been made to the London Stock Exchange plc for the admission of 2,260,488 new Ordinary Shares to trading on AIM ("Admission"). It is expected that Admission will occur at 8.00 a.m. (London time) on or around Friday 26 April 2024.

Immediately following Admission, the total number of Ordinary Shares in issue will be 106,838,797 and the total number of voting rights will therefore be 106,838,797, and this figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Terms and definitions used in this announcement shall have the same meaning as ascribed to them in the Company's announcement dated 3 August 2023, unless otherwise stated.

For Further Information:

Sareum Holdings plc Tim Mitchell, CEO	01223 497700 [e-mail]
Strand Hanson Limited (Nominated Adviser) James Dance / James Bellman	020 7409 3494
Peel Hunt LLP (Joint Corporate Broker)	020 7418 8900
James Steel / Patrick Birkholm
Hybridan LLP (Joint Corporate Broker) Claire Noyce	020 3764 2341
ICR Consilium (Financial PR) Jessica Hodgson / Davide Salvi / Kumail Waljee	0203 709 5700

About Sareum

Sareum Holdings (AIM:SAR) is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing next generation kinase inhibitors for autoimmune disease and cancer.

The Company is focused on developing next generation small molecules which modify the activity of the JAK kinase family and have best-in-class potential. Its lead candidate, SDC-1801, simultaneously inhibits TYK2 and JAK1. SDC-1801 is a potential treatment for a range of autoimmune diseases and has entered Phase 1a/b clinical development with an initial focus on psoriasis.

Sareum is also developing SDC-1802, a TYK2/JAK1 inhibitor with a potential application for cancer immunotherapy.

Sareum Holdings plc is based in Cambridge, UK, and is listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange, trading under the ticker SAR. For further information, please visit the Company's website at www.sareum.com

 

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