Accelerated Bookbuild Offering
Calliditas Therapeutics
Joint BookrunnerKempen & Co is pleased to announce that it acted as Joint Bookrunner in Calliditas Therapeutics’ SEK 324m Capital Increase
Transaction highlights
- Directed share issue of 2,400,000 new shares at a placement price of SEK 135 per share, generating gross proceeds of SEK 324 million
- Calliditas Therapeutics’ capital increase was upsized during bookbuilding to SEK 324 million from originally SEK 300 million at launch, representing a total increase of the company’s share capital by 4.6%
- The placement price represents a discount of 4.8% vis-à-vis the closing price prior to transaction announcement
- Calliditas Therapeutics intends to use the net proceeds to fund ongoing clinical development, pre-commercial development in the US, commercial activities for Nefecon, if approved for marketing by the FDA, and general corporate purposes
- Following our Placement Agent role in Investinor’s sell-down of c. 4 million existing Calliditas Therapeutics shares in November 2020, Kempen & Co is proud to have assisted Calliditas Therapeutics in this capital increase
- In 2021 year to date, Kempen & Co has executed 8 transactions for Nordic life sciences companies and 11 transaction for other European life sciences companies
Company description
Calliditas Therapeutics is a biopharma company based in Stockholm, Sweden focused on identifying, developing and commercialising novel treatments in orphan indications, with an initial focus on renal and hepatic diseases with significant unmet medical needs. Calliditas’ lead product candidate, Nefecon, is a proprietary, novel oral formulation of budesonide, an established, highly potent local immunosuppressant, for the treatment of adults with the autoimmune renal disease primary IgA nephropathy (IgAN), for which there is a high unmet medical need and there are no approved treatments. Calliditas has recently read out topline data from Part A of its global Phase III study in IgAN and, if approved, aims to commercialise Nefecon in the United States. Calliditas is also planning to start clinical trials with NOX inhibitors in primary biliary cholangitis and head and neck cancer. Calliditas is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm (ticker: CALTX) and the Nasdaq Global Select Market (ticker: CALT)
Background Kempen & Co Life Sciences & Healthcare
In the last twelve months, Kempen & Co has successfully completed a large number of transactions in its Life Sciences & Healthcare franchise.
Recent transactions include:
- Joint Global Coordinator & Joint Bookrunner in the SEK 380 million Capital Increase by Xbrane Biopharma
- Joint Global Coordinator in the €34.1m Capital Increase by Transgene
- Joint Global Coordinator & Joint Bookrunner in the SEK 141 million Capital Increase by Immunicum
- Lead Manager in the USD 63.8 million Nasdaq Initial Public Offering by Molecular Partners
- Joint Bookrunner in the SEK 301 million Capital Increase by Q-linea
- Co-Manager in the USD 176 million Nasdaq Initial Public Offering by Achilles Therapeutics
- Joint Bookrunner in the €30.0 million Capital Increase by GenSight Biologics
- Lead Manager in the USD 101 million Nasdaq Initial Public Offering by LAVA Therapeutics
- Joint Bookrunner in the USD 120 million Nasdaq Initial Public Offering by European Biotech Acquisition Corp (EBAC)
- Joint Bookrunner in the SEK 1.11 billion Capital Increase by Oncopeptides
- Joint Global Coordinator and Joint Bookrunner in the SEK 962 million Capital Increase by BioInvent
- Co-Manager in the USD 115 million US Public Offering by Y-mAbs Therapeutics
- Co-Manager in the USD 115 million US Public Offering by Autolus Therapeutics
- Joint Global Coordinator and Joint Bookrunner in the €22.5 million Capital Increase by Sequana Medical
- Co-Manager in the USD 190 million Nasdaq Initial Public Offering by Pharvaris
- Bookrunner in the USD 518 million US Public Offering by CureVac
- Lead Manager in the USD 120 million US Public Offering by Merus
- Sole Financial Adviser in the sale of Galapagos’ service operation, Fidelta, to Selvita for a total consideration of €31.2 million
- Joint Bookrunner in the SEK 564 million Capital Increase by Cantargia
- Financial Adviser to DCprime in its merger with Immunicum
- Placement Agent in Investinor’s Secondary Sell-Down of c. 4 million shares in Calliditas Therapeutics
- Lead Manager in the USD 95.1 million Nasdaq Initial Public Offering by Galecto
- Joint Bookrunner in the €31.0 million Capital Increase by Sensorion
- Bookrunner in the USD 245 million Nasdaq Initial Public Offering by CureVac
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Mandatory Convertible Bond Offering
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Initial Public Offering on Nasdaq
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Accelerated Bookbuild Offering
Initial Public Offering
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Accelerated Bookbuild Offering
Initial Public Offering on Nasdaq
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Initial Public Offering
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Initial Public Offering
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Sale to
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Non-listed equity capital raising
Sale of majority stake to
Secondary Sell-Down in Calliditas Therapeutics
Capital increase
Initial Public Offering
European FinTech
IPO
Accelerated Bookbuild Offering
Private Placement of shares in
Bridge financing
Undisclosed
Initial Public Offering
Rights issue
Accelerated Bookbuild Offering
US Public Offering
Accelerated Bookbuild Offering
US Public Offering
Merger with Arya Sciences Acquisition Corp. and subsequent Nasdaq listing
acquisition of
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Private Placement
Private Placement
Accelerated Bookbuild Offering
Global Accelerated Bookbuild Offering
Accelerated bookbuild offering
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Series C Capital increase
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Sale of
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Rights issue
US public offering
Initial Public Offering
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Initial Public Offering on NASDAQ
Secondary placing of Fagron shares
Rights issue
a subsidiary of
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Accelerated Bookbuild Offering on behalf of selling shareholders in
Three-day bookbuild offering
Rights issue
Acquisition of
Initial Public Offering
Accelerated Bookbuild Offering
Block trade in argenx shares
a subsidiary of
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Sale of Dutch residential portfolio managed by
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Block trade in ERYTECH shares
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Initial public offering
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US public offering
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Sale of Rabo Bouwfonds CIF datacenter portfolio
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Acquisition of former Delta Lloyd portfolio from
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Series B Capital increase
Public offer for
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Accelerated bookbuild offering
Fundraise
Accelerated bookbuild offering
Public offer by German ADLER Real Estate
for Israeli
Public offer by German Vonovia
for German-Austrian Buwog
Rights issue
Accelerated bookbuild offering
Sale of Dynamic Portfolios
Public offer by Spanish Colonial
for Spanish Axiare Real Estate
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Sale of 3 German residential portfolios by
to consortium of buyers
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Dutch wealth management activities
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Accelerated bookbuild offering
Initial public offering on NASDAQ
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Share buy-back program
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Accelerated bookbuild offering
Capital increase with priority allocation rights
Rights issue
Secondary placement of 9.4% stake in
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For Austrian Conwert
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Formation of Passoã joint venture with
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Rights issue
Capital increase with priority allocation rights
Sale of 19% stake in
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Accelerated bookbuild offering
Capital increase with priority allocation rights
Rights issue
Acquisition of the North American rights to RUCONEST by
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Secondary placement 30% stake in
Share buy-back program
Direct share placement
Initial public offering
Accelerated bookbuild offering
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Sale of the European veterinary business of
to
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Private placement
Placement of treasury shares
Public offer for Deutsche Office
By German Alstria
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Rights issue
Rights issue
Initial public offering
Rights issue
Sale of
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A company owned by Reggeborgh
Rights issue
Accelerated bookbuild offering
Secondary placement of 35% stake in IOW
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Rights issue
Refinancing
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Initial public offering
Acquisition by
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Refinancing
Initial Public Offering
Initial public offering
Rights issue
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Acquisition of French shopping centre portfolio by Wereldhave
From French-Dutch Unibail-Rodamco

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Acquisition of the cancer immunotherapy program by
from
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Initial public offering
Public offer by French Groupe SMABTP
For French Société de la Tour Eiffel
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Secondary listing on Euronext Paris
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Convertible bond issue
Fairness opinion in the public offer by
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Initial public offering
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of
Accelerated bookbuild offering
Private placement by acquisition vehicle for French Carrefour
Secondary offering
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by German listed
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Sale of majority of shares to
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