Appili Therapeutics Signs Definitive Agreement to be Acquired by Aditxt, Inc.
Transaction consideration provides a significant premium to the Appili shareholders
Combined enterprise expected to provide enhanced synergies and resources to advance key programs
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HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, April 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Appili Therapeutics Inc. (TSX: APLI; OTCPink: APLIF) (“Appili”), a biopharmaceutical company focused on drug development for infectious diseases and medical countermeasures, today announced that it has entered into a definitive arrangement agreement (the "Arrangement Agreement") pursuant to which Aditxt Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTX) (“Aditxt”), a Richmond, Virginia- based company dedicated to discovering, developing, and deploying promising health innovation, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Adivir, Inc. (“Adivir” or the “Buyer”), agreed to acquire all of the issued and outstanding Class A common shares (the "Appili Shares") of Appili by way of a court-approved plan of arrangement under the Canada Business Corporations Act (the "Transaction").
Overview and Rationale for the Transaction
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Under the terms of the Arrangement Agreement, shareholders of Appili (the "Appili Shareholders") will receive (i) 0.002745004 of a share of common stock (each whole share, an “Aditxt Share”) of Aditxt (the “Share Consideration”) and (ii) US$0.0467 (or approximately CAD$0.0633 with reference to the Bank of Canada closing exchange rate on March 29, 2024) for each Appili Share held (the “Cash Consideration” and together with the Share Consideration collectively, the “Transaction Consideration”) representing implied total consideration per Appili Share of approximately US$0.0561(or approximately CAD$0.07598 with reference to the Bank of Canada closing exchange rate on March 29, 2024) based on the closing price of the Aditxt shares on March 28, 2024. The Transaction Consideration represents an approximately 117% premium to the trading price of the Appili Shares based on the closing price of the shares of Appili on April 1, 2024 (the last trading prior to the execution of the Arrangement Agreement) and an approximately 141% premium to the 30-day volume weighted average price of the Appili Shares prior to the date of the Arrangement Agreement.