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Ultimovacs ASA Reports Fourth Quarter 2024 Financial Results and Provides General Business Update
31 Jan 2025 07:00 CET
Issuer
Zelluna ASA
Oslo, January 31, 2025: Ultimovacs ASA ("Ultimovacs") (OSE ULTI), a clinical-
stage biotechnology company developing novel immunotherapies against cancer,
announces its fourth quarter 2024 results today.
Conference call and webcast scheduled for January 31, 2025, at 09:00 (CET). Link
to webcast here
(https://channel.royalcast.com/hegnarmedia/#!/hegnarmedia/20250131_3).
Fourth Quarter 2024 Business Update
Highlights
* On December 17, 2024, Ultimovacs announced an agreement to combine its
business with Zelluna Immunotherapy AS and the intention to launch a fully
committed private placement. Zelluna Immunotherapy is a privately held
company pioneering the development of "off the shelf" T- Cell Receptor
Natural Killer (TCR-NK) cell therapies for the treatment of solid cancers.
As part of the Business Combination, the Company will acquire 100% of the
shares in Zelluna, and issue 147,991,521 shares to the existing shareholders
of Zelluna. Furthermore, the fully committed Private Placement will comprise
of the issuance of 19,873,071 shares at a subscription price of NOK 2.60 per
share, raising gross proceeds of approx. MNOK 51.7.
* The objectives of the combined company, Zelluna ASA, will be as follows:
a. Advance the world's first MAGE-A4 targeting TCR-NK program, ZI-MA4-1,
into first-in-human clinical studies treating solid cancers
b. Develop the TCR-NK pipeline
c. Seek to unlock MultiClick technology potential
d. Wrap up the UV1 program
Financial update
* Total operating expenses amounted to MNOK 121.0 in Q4 2024, and MNOK 223.7
in FY2024. MNOK 4.3 of the operating expenses was related to impairment of
UV1 patents, and MNOK 68.2 related to impairment of licenses and goodwill
covering the TET-technology, in total MNOK 72.5. Please see further
information below.
* Total loss was MNOK 107.7 for the period and MNOK 201.1 in FY2024.
* Net negative cash flow from operations was MNOK 24.7 in Q4 2024, and MNOK
163.4 in FY2024. Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents, not including
currency effects, was MNOK 23.4 during Q4 2024, and MNOK 157.1 in FY2024.
Cash and cash equivalents amounted to MNOK 107.4 as per December 31, 2024.
* Write-down of asset values in Ultimovacs: As a reflection of the priorities
of the combined company and the implicit valuation of Ultimovacs in the
Business Combination, Ultimovacs has fully written down certain assets, with
a negative, non-cash P&L effect of MNOK 72.5.
The quarterly report and presentation will be published at 07:00 CET on January
31, 2025, and will be publicly available on the Ultimovacs website. The Company
will conduct a conference call and webcast at 09:00 CET the same day. Questions
can be submitted throughout the event. The webcast will be archived for replay
following the conference call. Link to webcast here
(https://channel.royalcast.com/hegnarmedia/#!/hegnarmedia/20250131_3).
For further information, please see www.ultimovacs.com or contact:
Hans Vassgård Eid, CFO and Interim CEO, Ultimovacs ASA
Email: hans.eid@ultimovacs.com
Phone: +47 482 48632
About Ultimovacs
Ultimovacs is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel
immunotherapies against cancer. The product candidate UV1 is an off-the-shelf
therapeutic cancer vaccine designed to enhance the benefits of immunotherapy and
improve cancer treatment efficacy for patients. UV1 triggers an immune response
against the shared cancer antigen telomerase, a target present in 85-90% of all
cancer indications across disease stages.
Ultimovacs is investigating the safety and efficacy of UV1 in a wide-ranging
clinical development program including various cancer indications and different
immunotherapy combinations. The ongoing Phase II program comprises five
randomized clinical trials in melanoma, mesothelioma, head and neck cancer,
ovarian cancer, and non-small cell lung cancer. More than 640 patients in the
U.S., Europe, and Australia are being enrolled in all Phase I and Phase II
trials in the current program.
Furthermore, Ultimovacs is developing a novel conjugation technology, initially
formed to support the expansion of our vaccine pipeline. With the objective of
driving value and future pipeline growth, this flexible conjugation technology
has the potential to be broadly applicable to a variety of therapeutic
modalities, such as innovative drug conjugates with favorable pharmacological
properties, and in multiple disease areas.
Ultimovacs and the shareholders of Zelluna Immunotherapy AS have entered into a
definitive business combination agreement to combine the two companies in a
share exchange transaction.
Ultimovacs is listed on the Euronext Oslo Stock Exchange (OSE:ULTI).
This information is subject of the disclosure requirements pursuant to Section
5-12 in the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.
This stock exchange announcement was published by Joachim Midttun, Financial
Manager at Ultimovacs ASA, on January 31, 2025 at 07:00 CET.
More information:
Access the news on Oslo Bors NewsWeb site
637482_Ultimovacs-ASA-Q424-Report.pdf
637482_Ultimovacs-ASA-Q424-Presentation.pdf
Source
Ultimovacs ASA
Provider
Oslo Børs Newspoint
Company Name
ULTIMOVACS
ISIN
NO0010851603
Symbol
ULTI
Market
Oslo Børs