NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / October 3, 2019 / Kadmon Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:KDMN) today announced that the Company has entered into a transaction to divest approximately 1.4 million shares of MeiraGTx Holdings plc stock (MGTX). The transaction has been completed.
Kadmon intends to use half of the $22 million net proceeds realized from the transaction to partially pay down the principal owing under its 2015 Credit Agreement, as amended. After this repayment, approximately $17 million of principal remains outstanding. The remaining $11mm from the transaction will be added to Kadmon's balance sheet for corporate uses.
"MeiraGTx has developed an impressive pipeline of gene therapy product candidates addressing a variety of conditions, including rare ocular diseases and neurodegenerative disorders. They have made tremendous progress in recent years and we decided to sell this portion of our shares to capitalize on an opportunity for substantial non-dilutive funding for Kadmon," said Harlan W. Waksal, M.D., President and CEO at Kadmon. "We continue to hold 2.1 million shares of MGTX and we have no current plans to make any further sales."
About Kadmon
Kadmon is a biopharmaceutical company developing innovative products for significant unmet medical needs. Our product pipeline is focused on inflammatory and fibrotic diseases as well as immuno-oncology.
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SOURCE: Kadmon Holdings, Inc.