Summit Therapeutics plc Summit Announces Underwritten Public Offering Of 1,459,000 Adss To Raise Usd17.5 Million Before Expen...

 
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   Summit Therapeutics plc 
 
   ("Summit" or the "Company") 
 
   SUMMIT THERAPEUTICS ANNOUNCES UNDERWRITTEN PUBLIC OFFERING OF 1,459,000 
AMERICAN DEPOSITARY SHARES TO RAISE US $17.5 MILLION BEFORE EXPENSES 
 
   Oxford, UK, 14 September 2017 - Summit Therapeutics plc (NASDAQ: 
SMMT/AIM: SUMM), the drug discovery and development company advancing 
therapies for Duchenne muscular dystrophy and C. difficile infection, 
announces an underwritten public offering of 1,459,000 American 
Depositary Shares ("ADSs") at a public offering price of US$12.00 per 
ADS, before underwriting discounts and commissions. Each ADS represents 
five ordinary shares of Summit and the public offering price is 
therefore equivalent to approximately 181.7 pence per ordinary share(*) 
. Following the offering, the ADSs will trade on the NASDAQ Global 
Market. 
 
 
 
   In addition, Summit has granted the underwriters an option for a period 
of 30 days to purchase, at the public offering price less underwriting 
discounts and commissions, up to an additional 218,850 ADSs. Gross 
proceeds from the offering are expected to be approximately US$17.5 
million (or approximately US$20.1 million if the underwriters exercise 
in full their option to purchase additional ADSs). Closing of the 
offering is expected to occur on or about 18 September 2017, subject to 
customary closing conditions. 
 
   Canaccord Genuity Inc. and JMP Securities LLC are acting as joint lead 
book-running managers for the offering. Needham & Company, LLC is acting 
as lead manager and H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC is acting as co-manager. 
 
 
 
   Lansdowne Partners Limited ("Lansdowne") has participated in the 
offering, having subscribed for 3,333,330 new ordinary shares in the 
form of 666,666 ADSs. Lansdowne is deemed to be a related party pursuant 
to the AIM Rules as it is a substantial shareholder in the Company. The 
directors of the Company, having consulted with the Company's nominated 
adviser, believe that the terms of the transaction are fair and 
reasonable insofar as shareholders are concerned. 
 
   Application is being made for 7,295,000 new ordinary shares in the 
Company, represented by the 1,459,000 ADSs to be issued at the closing 
of the offering, to be admitted to trading on the AIM market. It is 
expected that admission and dealing in these new ordinary shares will 
occur on or around 19 September 2017. The new ordinary shares will rank 
pari passu with the Company's existing ordinary shares. 
 
   The securities are being issued and sold pursuant to an effective shelf 
registration statement (including a base prospectus) that was previously 
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). A 
preliminary prospectus supplement relating to and describing the terms 
of the offering was filed with the SEC on 13 September 2017. The final 
prospectus supplement relating to the offering will be filed with the 
SEC and will be available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Copies of 
the final prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating 
to the offering may be obtained by contacting Canaccord Genuity Inc., 
Attention: Syndicate Department, 99 High Street, 12th Floor, Boston, 
Massachusetts 02110, telephone: [phone] or JMP Securities LLC, 
Prospectus Department, 600 Montgomery Street, 10th Floor, San Francisco, 
California 94111, telephone: [phone].  This press release is 
being issued pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 135e under the 
United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). 
 
 
 
   This press release does not constitute a prospectus and does not 
constitute or form part of any offer or invitation to sell or issue, or 
the solicitation of an offer to purchase or acquire, any of the ordinary 
shares or ADSs or any other securities in the United States of America 
or in any other jurisdiction. Securities may not be offered or sold in 
the United States of America absent registration or an exemption from 
registration under the Securities Act. Any public offering of securities 
to be made in the United States will be made by means of a prospectus. 
Such prospectus will contain or incorporate by reference detailed 
information about the issuer and its management and financial 
statements. In particular, and without limitation, no offer of 
securities to the public (as that term is understood in the EU 
Prospectus Directive) is being made in the United Kingdom or in any 
other country in the European Economic Area which has implemented the EU 
Prospectus Directive. 
 
   *Based on a conversion rate of US$1.3211 to GBP1.00. 
 
   This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of 
Article 7 of EU Regulation 596/2014 (MAR). 
 
   About Summit Therapeutics 
 
   Summit is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, 
development and commercialization of novel medicines for indications for 
which there are no existing or only inadequate therapies. Summit is 
conducting clinical programs focused on the genetic disease Duchenne 
muscular dystrophy and the infectious disease Clostridium difficile 
infection. 
 
   For more information, please contact: 
 
 
 
 
Summit 
Glyn Edwards / Richard Pye (UK office)        Tel: [phone] 
Erik Ostrowski / Michelle Avery (US office)            [phone] 
 
Cairn Financial Advisers LLP 
(Nominated Adviser) 
Liam Murray / Tony Rawlinson                  Tel: [phone] 
 
 
   Any statements in this press release about Summit's future expectations, 
plans and prospects, including but not limited to, statements about 
whether or not Summit will consummate the offering and the anticipated 
use of the proceeds from the offering, and other statements containing 
the words "anticipate," "believe," "continue," "could," "estimate," 
"expect," "intend," "may," "plan," "potential," "predict," "project," 
"should," "target," "would," and similar expressions, constitute forward 
looking statements within the meaning of The Private Securities 
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from 
those indicated by such forward-looking statements as a result of 
various important factors, including: market conditions, the 
satisfaction of customary closing conditions, the uncertainties inherent 
in the initiation of future clinical trials, availability and timing of 
data from on-going and future clinical trials and the results of such 
trials, whether preliminary results from a clinical trial will be 
predictive of the final results of that trial or whether results of 
early clinical trials or preclinical studies will be indicative of the 
results of later clinical trials, expectations for regulatory approvals, 
availability of funding sufficient for Summit's foreseeable and 
unforeseeable operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements 
and other factors discussed in the "Risk Factors" section of filings 
that Summit makes with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including 
Summit's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended 31 January 
2017. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward 
looking statements or information. In addition, any forward-looking 
statements included in this press release represent Summit's views only 
as of the date of this release and should not be relied upon as 
representing Summit's views as of any subsequent date. Summit 
specifically disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking 
statements included in this press release. Forward Looking Statements 
 
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   Source: Summit Therapeutics plc via Globenewswire 
 
 
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