Sucampo Closes $250 Million Credit Facility
October 22 2015 - 7:30AM
Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Sucampo) (NASDAQ:SCMP), a global
biopharmaceutical company, today announced the closing of a $250.0
million credit facility in connection with the financing of its
acquisition of R-Tech Ueno (TSE:4573:JP). The loans under the
credit facility were fully allocated to institutional investors.
The loans under the credit facility bear interest at a LIBOR
(subject to a 1% floor) plus 7.25% or base rate (subject to a 2%
floor) plus 6.25% and a final maturity date of October 16, 2021.
Sucampo has funded all shares and stock acquisition rights
tendered during the previously announced tender offer and has also
closed its share purchase agreement with R-Tech Ueno's founders and
a related entity. As a result, upon settlement of the share
transfer from the founders, Sucampo will control approximately 98%
of R-Tech Ueno shares.
Sucampo intends to acquire all remaining outstanding shares of
R-Tech Ueno through a squeeze-out process under Japanese law.
Sucampo continues to expect to close the acquisition of the
remaining shares in the fourth quarter of 2015.
About Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is focused on the development and
commercialization of medicines that meet major unmet medical needs
of patients worldwide. Sucampo has one marketed product – AMITIZA –
and a pipeline of product candidates in clinical development. A
global company, Sucampo is headquartered in Rockville, Maryland,
and has operations in Japan, Switzerland and the U.K. For more
information, please visit www.sucampo.com.
The Sucampo logo and the tagline, The Science of Innovation, are
registered trademarks of Sucampo AG. AMITIZA is a registered
trademark of Sucampo AG.
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Sucampo Forward-Looking Statement
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" as that
term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. These statements are based on management's current
expectations and involve risks and uncertainties, which may cause
results to differ materially from those set forth in the
statements. The forward-looking statements include statements
regarding the acquisition of the remaining shares of R-Tech Ueno,
and other statements that are not historical facts. The following
factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ from
those set forth in the forward-looking statements: risks relating
to Sucampo's financing for the R-Tech Ueno acquisition, including
the restrictive covenants undertaken by Sucampo as part of the
financing; risks related to the squeeze-out of R-Tech Ueno minority
stockholders under Japanese law and the timing thereof; Sucampo's
ability to successfully integrate R-Tech Ueno's operations
following the close of the acquisition; and other risk generally
applicable to Sucampo's business and industry, including the impact
of pharmaceutical industry regulation and health care legislation;
the ability of Sucampo to continue to develop the market for
AMITIZA; the ability of Sucampo to develop, commercialize or
license existing pipeline products or compounds or license or
acquire non-prostone products or drug candidates; Sucampo's ability
to accurately predict future market conditions; dependence on the
effectiveness of Sucampo's patents and other protections for
innovative products; he risk of new and changing regulation and
health policies in the U.S. and internationally; the effects of
competitive products on Sucampo's products;and the exposure to
litigation and/or regulatory actions.
No forward-looking statement can be guaranteed and actual
results may differ materially from those projected. Sucampo
undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking
statement, whether as a result of new information, future events,
or otherwise. Forward-looking statements in this presentation
should be evaluated together with the many uncertainties that
affect Sucampo's business, particularly those mentioned in the risk
factors and cautionary statements in Sucampo's most recent Form
10-K as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March
9, 2015 as well as its filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on Forms 8-K and 10-Q since the filing of the Form 10-K,
all of which Sucampo incorporates by reference.
CONTACT: Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Silvia Taylor
Senior Vice President, Investor Relations and
Corporate Affairs
1-240-223-3718
staylor@sucampo.com
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