Idorsia publishes the resolutions for the upcoming bondholder
meeting
Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 LR
- The updated invitation to the bondholder meeting – scheduled
for February 25, 2025 – sets out the terms of the resolutions to be
voted upon
- Unaudited Financial Status as of December 31, 2024 – required
for the bondholder meeting – published on the company website
- Audited Financial Statements will be published with the Full
Year Financial Reporting on February 27, 2025, while the
Annual Report will be postponed to March 27, 2025
Allschwil, Switzerland – February 12, 2025
Idorsia Ltd (SIX: IDIA) today announced that it has published the
agenda items for the bondholder meeting for holders of its
outstanding convertible bond (ISIN: CH0426820350) (the Bonds or CB
2025) with a nominal value of CHF 200 million and a conversion
price of CHF 6.00 per Idorsia share, which matured on January
17, 2025 and has been stayed following the publication of the
invitation to the meeting. At the meeting, the company proposes,
among others, to the bondholders to modify the terms of the Bonds
to extend the maturity date by eight months to September 17,
2025.
In November 2024, the company announced that it had entered into
exclusive negotiations with an undisclosed party for global rights
to aprocitentan that resulted in an exclusivity fee of USD 35
million paid in early December. By late December 2024, it
became apparent that the agreement was unlikely to progress
according to the expected timeline. As of today, the company no
longer expects to reach an agreement with the undisclosed party,
allowing Idorsia to pivot to potential alternative parties at the
end of the exclusivity period – end of February 2025.
In December 2024, Idorsia announced that an extension to the CB
2025 would be required given the near-term maturity and the
inability of the company to repay the Bonds. The company also
announced that it was in discussions with certain holders of the CB
2025 and the CHF 600 million senior unsecured convertible
bonds due 2028 (ISIN CH1128004079) (the CB 2028) to amend the terms
of both the CB 2025 and the CB 2028 following the extension of the
CB 2025. The company emphasized that it was exploring all strategic
options to secure ongoing operations.
Today, the company is in advanced negotiations with certain
significant bondholders of both CB 2025 and CB 2028 to restructure
the company’s convertible bond debt and provide sufficient funding
for at least the next twelve months of operations. Approving an
extension of the CB 2025, for which the company is offering a 2%
consent fee, is the first step in this larger restructuring, to
provide the time required for its implementation. Details of all
aspects of the restructuring will be announced as soon as binding
agreements have been reached.
André C. Muller, CEO of Idorsia, commented: “In
the past couple of weeks we have concentrated our efforts on a
holistic restructuring of both the 2025 and 2028 convertible bonds
and raising additional funding to secure ongoing operations.
Constructive discussions are progressing well, and we hope to reach
an agreement in the coming weeks. Rest assured that securing a deal
for aprocitentan will fast become our priority again as soon as the
exclusivity period expires.”
About the bondholder meeting
Idorsia called a bondholder meeting in accordance with articles
1164 et seqq. of the Swiss Code of Obligations (the Bondholder
Meeting). Bondholders can access the invitation to the bondholder
meeting, scheduled for February 25, 2025, and all related
information, including the detailed, binding terms of the
amendments set out in the updated bondholder invitation, and the
unaudited financial status as of December 31, 2024 required for the
bondholder meeting, at the following
link: www.idorsia.com/CB2025.
Arno Groenewoud, Chief Financial Officer,
commented:
“As part of the required documentation that was published today, we
made the unaudited financial status as of the end of 2024 available
and I’m pleased to report that we have outperformed guidance for
2024, with higher QUVIVIQ sales and lower OPEX.”
The company still expects the Financial Report with the audited
financial statements to be available with the Full Year financial
reporting on February 27, 2025.The publication of the other reports
–Business Report, Governance Report, Compensation Report, and
Sustainability Report – that together with the Financial Report
make up Idorsia’s Annual Report, will be postponed to March 27,
2025.
Notes to the editor
About the 2025 convertible bond
The CHF 200 million convertible bonds issued in 2018 (ISIN
CH0426820350) initially had a term of six years, maturing on July
17, 2024. On May 6, 2024, a bondholders’ meeting approved
modifications to the terms of the convertible bonds to, among
others, amend the conversion price to CHF 6.00 per Idorsia share
(from CHF 33.95) and extend the maturity date by six months to
January 17, 2025.
About the 2028 convertible bond
On August 4, 2021, Idorsia raised CHF 600 million through the
issuance of convertible bonds. The bonds have a conversion price of
CHF 31.54 and a term of seven years, maturing on August 4, 2028.
Investors may request redemption of the bonds as of the 5th
anniversary of the settlement date.
About Idorsia
Idorsia Ltd is reaching out for more – we have more passion for
science, we see more opportunities, and we want to help more
patients.
The purpose of Idorsia is to challenge accepted medical
paradigms, answering the questions that matter most. To achieve
this, we will discover, develop, and commercialize transformative
medicines – either with in-house capabilities or together with
partners – and evolve Idorsia into a leading biopharmaceutical
company, with a strong scientific core.
Headquartered near Basel, Switzerland – a European biotech hub –
Idorsia has a highly experienced team of dedicated professionals,
covering all disciplines from bench to bedside; QUVIVIQ™
(daridorexant), a different kind of insomnia treatment with the
potential to revolutionize this mounting public health concern;
strong partners to maximize the value of our portfolio; a promising
in-house development pipeline; and a specialized drug discovery
engine focused on small-molecule drugs that can change the
treatment paradigm for many patients.
Idorsia is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (ticker symbol:
IDIA).
For further information, please contact
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Hegenheimermattweg 91, CH-4123
Allschwil
+41 58 844 10 10
investor.relations@idorsia.com
media.relations@idorsia.com
www.idorsia.com
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