OctoPlus launches equity offering

23 February 2009

OctoPlus has launched a private placement of new ordinary shares, with an issue price of 0.75 euros each. To the extent the gross proceeds  exceed 7.0 million euros ($9.0 million), the excess amount will be used  to partially repay a 2.0 million-euro loan from major shareholder SR  One. The remaining funds will be converted into new ordinary shares at  an adjusted conversion price.

Life Sciences Partners, another major shareholder of OctoPlus that  granted a further 2.0 million-euro loan, has also offered to convert the  loan.As a result of the offering, the total number of ordinary shares  outstanding, currently 16.2 million, will increase to around 31.5  million.

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