Cybin Inc. (NEO:CYBN) (NYSE AMERICAN:CYBN), a biotechnology company focused on progressing Psychedelics to Therapeutics™, is pleased to announce that Adelia Therapeutics Inc, a wholly-controlled subsidiary of Cybin, has achieved the milestone identified as Y2, Q4(ii) as contemplated by the terms of a contribution agreement dated December 4, 2020.
This final development milestone marks the completion of a detailed series of goals set between Cybin and Adelia almost two years ago. Our combined teams have executed well, progressing multiple development programs, and transitioning Cybin into a clinical-stage development organization at a rapid pace.” “While this marks the last equity-based milestone, we continue to execute our programs through the clinic, progressing our novel psychedelics to therapeutics for patients in need.”
Doug Drysdale, Chief Executive Officer of Cybin
Pursuant to the terms of the Transaction Agreement, 33,190.1 Class B common shares in the capital of the Acquiror (the “Class B Shares”) shall be issued to the Adelia Shareholders, in satisfaction of the $467,982.21 (approximately US$357,894.01) due to them on meeting the relevant milestone, at an effective issue price of $14.10 per Class B Share, determined in accordance with the Transaction Agreement and applicable securities law. The Class B Shares issued by the Acquiror to the Adelia Shareholders are exchangeable for common shares in the capital of Cybin (the “Cybin Shares”) on a 10 Cybin Shares for 1 Class B Share basis, at the option of the holder thereof, subject to customary adjustments. No Class B Shares were exchangeable prior to December 14, 2021, and not more than: (i) 33 1/3% of the Class B Shares will be exchangeable prior to December 14, 2022; (ii) 66 2/3% of the Class B Shares will be exchangeable prior to December 14, 2023; and (iii) thereafter, 100% of the Class B Shares will be exchangeable.
About Cybin
Cybin is a leading ethical biotechnology company, working with a network of world-class partners and internationally recognized scientists, on a mission to create safe and effective therapeutics for patients to address a multitude of mental health issues. Headquartered in Canada and founded in 2019, Cybin is operational in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Ireland. The Company is focused on progressing Psychedelics to Therapeutics by engineering proprietary drug discovery platforms, innovative drug delivery systems, novel formulation approaches and treatment regimens for mental health disorders
About Adelia
Adelia is a wholly-controlled subsidiary of the Company, that aims to develop medicinal psychedelics with improved dosing efficacy and therapeutic indices to address unmet medical needs. Adelia’s primary focus is on the development of treatment regimens consisting of proprietary psychedelic molecules and related clinical protocols. This proprietary development strategy is based on chemical modifications to the known and well understood tryptamine derivatives that significantly modify their pharmacokinetic properties without changing their therapeutic potential. These proprietary approaches seek to minimize inter-patient variability by better controlling drug metabolism without loss of efficacy that together have been shown to produce more predictable and favorable patient outcomes.