F-1: Altamira Therapeutics Announces Proposed Public Offering of Common Shares and Warrants

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Registration Statement (Form F-1)


Altamira Therapeutics is planning a public offering of common shares, pre-funded warrants, and accompanying warrants to raise capital for working capital and general corporate purposes.

Capital raiseAltamira Therapeutics is offering common shares, pre-funded warrants, and accompanying warrants in a public offering.The assumed combined public offering price is $ per common share and accompanying common warrants, based on the closing price on August 21, 2024.The company intends to use the net proceeds for working capital and general corporate purposes.The placement agent will receive fees and warrants as compensation for their services.
Worse than expectedThe company states that there is substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern.

Summary

  • Altamira Therapeutics Ltd. has filed a registration statement for a proposed public offering.
  • The offering includes common shares, pre-funded warrants to purchase common shares, Series A-1 warrants, Series A-2 warrants, placement agent warrants, and common shares underlying these warrants.
  • The company intends to use the net proceeds from this offering for working capital and general corporate purposes.
  • The offering is being conducted on a reasonable best efforts basis with no minimum amount of securities required to be sold.
  • The assumed combined public offering price is $ per common share and accompanying common warrants, based on the closing price on August 21, 2024.
  • The company has engaged a placement agent to assist with the offering and will pay fees and warrants as compensation.
  • The offering is expected to be completed on or about , 2024, subject to customary closing conditions.
  • The company's common shares are listed on Nasdaq under the symbol CYTO.
  • The company is a foreign private issuer and is subject to reduced public company reporting requirements.

Sentiment

Score: 4

Explanation: The document is primarily factual and descriptive, but the mention of going concern issues and potential dilution weighs negatively on the sentiment.

Positives

  • The offering will provide Altamira Therapeutics with additional capital for working capital and general corporate purposes.
  • The company has a versatile RNA delivery platform that is also suited for mRNA and other RNA modalities and made available to pharma or biotech companies through out-licensing.
  • The company has announced the publication of a peer-reviewed article in Nature Immunology demonstrating a significant reduction in tumor growth in animal cancer models through treatment with Zbtb46 mRNA delivered with Altamiras SemaPhore nanoparticle technology.
  • The company has announced the preprint publication of a study demonstrating effective treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) in an animal model.

Negatives

  • The offering is being conducted on a reasonable best efforts basis, and there is no guarantee that the company will raise the amount of capital it needs.
  • Investors will experience immediate and substantial dilution in the net tangible book value of their common shares.
  • There is no public market for the pre-funded warrants or the common warrants being sold in this offering.
  • The company has broad discretion in how it uses the net proceeds of this offering.
  • The company needs to raise capital in this offering to support its operations, and there is substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern.

Risks

  • Purchasers who purchase our Securities in this offering pursuant to a securities purchase agreement may have rights not available to purchasers that purchase without the benefit of a securities purchase agreement.
  • The Placement Agent has agreed to use its reasonable best efforts to solicit offers to purchase the Securities in this offering.
  • We may sell fewer than all of the Securities offered hereby, which may significantly reduce the amount of proceeds received by us, and investors in this offering will not receive a refund in the event that we do not sell an amount of Securities sufficient to support our business goals and continued operations, including our near-term continued operations.
  • If you purchase our Securities in this offering, you will incur immediate and substantial dilution in the net tangible book value of your Common Shares.
  • There is no public market for the Pre-Funded Warrants or the Common Warrants sold in this offering.
  • We need to raise capital in this offering to support our operations, and there is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.
  • Our Common Shares may be involuntarily delisted from trading on The Nasdaq Capital Market if we fail to comply with the continued listing requirements.
  • If we are or become classified as a passive foreign investment company (PFIC), our U.S. shareholders and holders of the Common Warrants and Pre-Funded Warrant may suffer adverse tax consequences as a result.

Future Outlook

The company intends to use the net proceeds from this offering for working capital and other general corporate purposes.

Industry Context

The company is operating in the biopharmaceutical industry, which is characterized by high risk and uncertainty. The success of the company's product candidates depends on a number of factors, including the results of clinical trials, regulatory approvals, and market acceptance.

Stakeholder Impact

  • Shareholders will experience dilution as a result of the offering.
  • The company's employees will benefit from the additional capital, which will allow the company to continue to develop its product candidates.
  • Customers may benefit from the company's product candidates if they are approved and commercialized.
  • Suppliers will benefit from the company's increased spending on research and development.
  • Creditors may be at risk if the company is unable to raise sufficient capital to continue as a going concern.

Next Steps

  • The company will continue to develop its RNA delivery platforms and product candidates.
  • The company will seek regulatory approvals for its product candidates.
  • The company will commercialize its product candidates.
  • The offering is expected to be completed on or about , 2024, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

Key Dates

DateDescription
March 18, 2019Auris Medical (Switzerland) continued its corporate existence from Switzerland to Bermuda.
July 21, 2021Shareholders approved changing the company name to Altamira Therapeutics Ltd.
October 25, 2022The Company effected a one-for-twenty reverse share split (share consolidation) (the 2022 Reverse Share Split) of the Companys issued and outstanding common shares.
November 2, 2023The Company changed the currency denomination of the Companys authorized share capital from CHF to USD, reduced the issued share capital by reducing the par value of each common share in issue to $0.0001 (pre-2023 Reverse Share Split (as defined below)) and reduced the authorized share capital to $12,000 divided into 100,000,000 (pre-2023 Reverse Share Split) common shares of $0.0001 (pre-2023 Reverse Share Split) par value each and 20,000,000 preference shares of $0.0001 par value each.
December 7, 2023The Company entered into a letter agreement (the Warrant Inducement Agreement) under which FiveT IM was granted the option to exercise the warrants by or before December 14, 2023 at a reduced exercise price which was defined as 90% of the daily trading volume weighted average price for our common shares on the NASDAQ stock exchange on the trading day following the date of each such exercise and receive additional warrants upon any such exercise.
December 13, 2023The Company effected a one-for-twenty reverse share split (share consolidation) (the 2023 Reverse Share Split) of the Companys issued and outstanding common shares, resulting in the Companys authorized share capital then being $12,000 divided into 5,000,000 common shares of $0.002 par value each and 20,000,000 preference shares of $0.0001 par value each.
December 15, 2023The company issued to FiveT IM new warrants to purchase 81,274 common shares at CHF 6.656 each for six months from their date of issuance and to purchase 81,274 common shares at CHF 6.656 each for two years from their date of issuance.
January 19, 2024The company entered into a sales agreement (the HCW Sales Agreement) with H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC (HCW).
May 16, 2024The Company increased its authorized share capital to $202,000 divided into 100,000,000 common shares of $0.002 par value each and 20,000,000 preference shares of $0.0001 par value each.
August 21, 2024As of this date, the company has sold 637,460 Common Shares under the HCW Sales Agreement for aggregate gross proceeds of $1.66 million.
, 2024Expected completion date of the offering, subject to customary closing conditions.
, 2024Termination date of the offering, unless the company decides to terminate it earlier.

Keywords

public offering, common shares, warrants, pre-funded warrants, placement agent, RNA delivery, capital raise, CYTO, Altamira Therapeutics, securities

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