M&A
confidence high
sentiment positive
materiality 0.95
Nuvation Bio to acquire AnHeart Therapeutics in all-stock merger; AnHeart holders to own ~33%
Nuvation Bio Inc.
- Nuvation Bio to acquire AnHeart via merger; will issue ~128.7M shares of Class A common stock and ~2.9M warrants to AnHeart securityholders.
- AnHeart shareholders will own about one-third of combined company on fully-diluted basis; Nuvation Bio shareholders retain two-thirds.
- Board expands from seven to nine; Junyuan Jerry Wang (Ph.D.) and Xiangmin Cui (Ph.D.) appointed as new directors.
- Voting agreements: holders of ~90% of AnHeart shares and Nuvation Bio CEO David Hung (~27% of Nuvation shares) commit to support deal.
- Lock-up for 90% of AnHeart shareholders restricts transfer of up to 20% of shares until December 31, 2024.