RedHill Biopharma Announces Plan to Implement ADS Ratio Change

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TEL AVIV, Israel and RALEIGH, N.C., Aug. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- RedHill Biopharma Ltd. (Nasdaq: RDHL) ("RedHill" or the "Company"), a specialty biopharmaceutical company, today announced that it plans to implement a ratio change of the Company's American Depositary Shares (ADSs) to its non-traded ordinary shares from the current ratio of one (1) ADS representing four hundred (400) ordinary shares to a new ratio of one (1) ADS representing ten thousand (10,000) ordinary shares. The anticipated first date of the ratio change is on or about August 20, 2024, and the Company's ADSs will continue to be traded on the Nasdaq Capital Market ("Nasdaq") under the symbol "RDHL" with a new CUSIP Number 757468301.

 

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For ADS holders, the ratio change will have the same effect as a one-for-25 reverse ADS split. No new ADSs will be issued in connection with the change in the ADS ratio. ADS holders will not be required to take any action and, on the effective date, the Bank of New York Mellon, the depositary bank for RedHill's ADS program, will arrange for the exchange of every twenty-five (25) existing ADSs held for one (1) new ADS.

No fractional new ADSs will be issued in connection with the change in the ADS ratio. Instead, fractional entitlements to new ADSs will be aggregated, and the depositary bank will attempt to sell them with the net cash proceeds from the sale of the fractional ADS entitlements to be distributed to the applicable ADS holders by the depositary bank.

On March 14, 2024, the Company reported that it had received notification from the Nasdaq Capital Market, LLC that it did not comply with the minimum bid price requirements set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5450(a)(2) for continued listing on Nasdaq. The Company anticipates that after the ratio change, the price of its ADSs will increase proportionally and meet the Nasdaq minimum bid price requirement, however there can be no assurance that such an increase will occur.

About RedHill Biopharma

RedHill Biopharma Ltd. (Nasdaq: RDHL) is a specialty biopharmaceutical company primarily focused on gastrointestinal and infectious diseases. RedHill promotes the gastrointestinal drugs Talicia®, for the treatment of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection in adults[i], and Aemcolo®, for the treatment of travelers' diarrhea in adults[ii]. RedHill's key clinical late-stage development programs include: (i) opaganib (ABC294640), a first-in-class oral broad-acting, host-directed SPHK2 selective inhibitor with potential for pandemic preparedness, targeting multiple indications with a U.S. government collaboration for development for Acute Radiation Syndrome (ARS), a Phase 2/3 program for hospitalized COVID-19, and a Phase 2 program in oncology; (ii) RHB-107 (upamostat), an oral broad-acting, host-directed, serine protease inhibitor with potential for pandemic preparedness is in late-stage development as a treatment for non-hospitalized symptomatic COVID-19, with non-dilutive external funding covering the entirety of the RHB-107 arm of the 300-patient Phase 2 adaptive platform trial, and is also targeting multiple other cancer and inflammatory gastrointestinal diseases; (iii) RHB-102, with potential UK submission for chemotherapy and radiotherapy induced nausea and vomiting, positive results from a Phase 3 study for acute gastroenteritis and gastritis and positive results from a Phase 2 study for IBS-D; (iv) RHB-104, with positive results from a first Phase 3 study for Crohn's disease; and (v) RHB-204, a Phase 3-stage program for pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) disease.