Vyant Bio Announces Filing of Form 25 for Voluntary Nasdaq Delisting and SEC Deregistration
May 04 2023 - 4:30PM
Vyant Bio, Inc. (“Vyant Bio” or “Company”) (Nasdaq: VYNT) is a
biotechnology company that incorporates innovative biology and data
science to improve drug discovery for complex
neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders. The Company’s
proprietary central nervous system (“CNS”) drug discovery platform
combines human-derived organoid models of brain disease, scaled
biology, and machine learning. As previously announced on April 24,
2023, Vyant Bio notified The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC of its
intention to voluntarily delist its shares of common stock, par
value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”) from the Nasdaq
Capital Market (“Nasdaq”) and deregister the Common Stock under
Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the “Exchange Act”).
Today, Vyant Bio announced that the Company has
filed a Form 25 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“SEC”), and the delisting is expected to become effective on or
about May 14, 2023, with the last day of trading on Nasdaq being
May 12, 2023. Following delisting of such securities from Nasdaq,
Vyant Bio anticipates that its Common Stock will be quoted on the
Pink Open Market operated by OTC Markets Group Inc. (the “OTC”)
under the symbol “VYNT” starting on or about May 15, 2023. The
Company intends to continue to provide information to its
stockholders and to take such other actions within its control to
enable its Common Stock to be quoted on the OTC Pink Open Market in
the Pink Limited Information market tier. There is no guarantee,
however, that a broker will continue to make a market in the common
stock and that trading of the Common Stock will continue on an OTC
market or otherwise. Going forward, Vyant Bio may, from time to
time, when it deems appropriate, provide limited information
regarding its financial status and business activities, or issue
press releases for select events or developments.
Upon the effectiveness of the Form 25, the
Company also intends to file a Form 15 with the SEC on or about May
15, 2023 to suspend its reporting obligations under the Exchange
Act, and deregister the Common Stock under Section 12(b) of the
Exchange Act. As previously disclosed, the Company previously filed
post-effective amendments to six Registration Statements on Form
S-8, four Registration Statements on Form S-3 and two Registration
Statements on Form S-1 previously filed by the Company with the
SEC, in each case, to remove from registration any unsold
securities previously registered thereon. The Company expects that
the deregistration of such securities will become effective 90 days
after the filing of the Form 25 with the SEC. The documents filed
with the SEC will be available on the Company’s website below.
The board of directors of Vyant Bio (the
“Board”) made the decision to pursue this strategy following its
review and careful consideration of a number of factors, including,
but not limited to, the expected reduction in operating expenses by
eliminating SEC reporting costs, which would allow the Company to
focus more resources on its continued pursuit and exploration of
satisfactory strategic alternative transactions and/or execution of
an orderly wind down of the Company, if necessary. As previously
announced, the Board determined that deregistration is in the
overall best interests of the Company and its stockholders.
The Company adopted a Cash Preservation Plan
after engaging LifeSci Capital as its financial advisor
approximately four months ago to explore strategic alternatives.
Other cost-savings matters being pursued as part of the Company’s
overall Cash Preservation Plan have been workforce reductions,
deferring clinical and preclinical activities, and reducing other
expenses. As previously announced, the Company believes that the
delisting is one more step consistent with its Cash Preservation
Plan. The Company will continue to evaluate further steps to
preserve cash pursuant to the Cash Preservation Plan.
ABOUT VYANT BIO, INC.
Vyant Bio, Inc. (“Vyant Bio” or the “Company”)
(Nasdaq: VYNT) is a biotechnology company that incorporates
innovative biology and data science to improve drug discovery for
complex neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders. The
Company’s proprietary central nervous system (“CNS”) drug discovery
platform combines human-derived organoid models of brain disease,
scaled biology, and machine learning. Vyant Bio’s platform is
designed to (i) elucidate disease pathophysiology; (ii) formulate
key therapeutic hypotheses; (iii) identify and validate drug
targets, cellular assays, and biomarkers to guide candidate
molecule selection; and (iv) guide clinical trial patient selection
and trial design.
For more information, please visit or follow Vyant Bio
at:
Internet:
www.vyantbio.comLinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/vyant-bioTwitter:
@VyantBio
Forward Looking Statements:
Any statements in this press release about
future expectations, plans and prospects for the Company, including
but not limited to statements about its ability to identify, assess
and execute a strategic transaction or realize any value from its
existing assets, its ability to preserve cash in order to
adequately fund an orderly wind down of the Company’s operations if
no transaction is consummated, the ability of creditors,
shareholders and other stakeholders to realize any value or
recovery as part of a transaction or a wind down process, the
ability of the Company to continue as a going concern, the
Company’s workforce reduction and future charges expected to be
incurred in connection therewith, the adequacy or sufficiency of
the Company’s existing cash resources and other statements
containing the words “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,”
“intend,” “may,” “plan,” “predict,” “project,” “target,”
“potential,” “likely,” “will,” “would,” “could,” “should,”
“continue,” and similar expressions, constitute forward-looking
statements within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from those
indicated by such forward-looking statements as a result of various
important factors, including: the Company’s ability to continue to
pay its obligations in the ordinary course of business as they come
due; the ability to retain key personnel, the adequacy of its
capital resources in light of changing circumstances, the actions
of creditors of the Company and such other important factors as are
set forth in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2022 and quarterly reports and other filings on
file thereafter with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
In addition, the forward-looking statements included in this press
release represent the Company’s views as of the date of this press
release. The Company anticipates that subsequent events and
developments will cause its views to change. However, while the
Company may elect to update these forward-looking statements at
some point in the future, it specifically disclaims any obligation
to do so. These forward-looking statements should not be relied
upon as representing the Company’s views as of any date subsequent
to the date of this press release.
Investor Contact:
Vyant Bio, Inc.Andrew LaFrence, President, Chief
Executive Officer and Chief Financial OfficerEmail:
Andrew.LaFrence@VyantBio.com
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