GlobeNewswire Inc. · Feb 22, 2024
SAN DIEGO and SUZHOU, China and SHANGHAI, China, Feb. 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gracell Biotechnologies Inc. (“Gracell” or the “Company”, Nasdaq: GRCL), a global clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing innovative cell therapies for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune disease, today announced the completion of its previously announced agreement to be acquired by AstraZeneca, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 23, 2023 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, AstraZeneca Treasury Limited, a private limited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales (“Parent”), and Grey Wolf Merger Sub (“Merger Sub”), an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent. The acquisition was structured as a merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company with the Company surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (the “Merger”). As a result of the Merger, the Company ceased to be a publicly traded company and became a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent.
GlobeNewswire Inc. · Feb 22, 2024
中国江苏苏州、上海和美国加利福尼亚州圣迭戈, Feb. 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 亘喜生物科技集团（纳斯达克股票代码：GRCL；简称“亘喜生物” 或“公司”） 是一家面向全球、处于临床阶段的生物制药企业，致力于开发创新的细胞疗法以治疗癌症及自身免疫性疾病。今日，公司宣布正式完成了此前公告的与阿斯利康集团的合并协议。亘喜生物、AstraZeneca Treasury Limited（“母公司”）和Grey Wolf Merger Sub（“合并子公司”）依照其在2023年12月23日签订的相关协议和合并计划（“《合并协议》”）中的条款和条件完成了此次合并。AstraZeneca Treasury Limited 是一家根据英格兰和威尔士法律成立的私人有限公司。合并子公司是一家根据开曼群岛法律注册成立的豁免有限责任公司，也是母公司的全资子公司。此次合并中，合并子公司与亘喜生物进行合并, 亘喜生物作为存续公司成为母公司的全资子公司 (“合并”)。合并完成后，亘喜生物不再是一家上市公司，而成为母公司的全资子公司。
GlobeNewswire Inc. · Feb 20, 2024
中国江苏苏州、上海和美国加利福尼亚州圣迭戈, Feb. 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 亘喜生物科技集团（纳斯达克股票代码：GRCL；简称“亘喜生物” 或“公司”） 是一家面向全球、处于临床阶段的生物制药企业，致力于开发创新、高效的细胞疗法以治疗癌症及自身免疫性疾病。公司宣布在2024年2月19日召开的特别股东大会(“EGM”)上，经公司股东投票表决，通过了一项批准并授权公司正式执行、交付并履行此前于2023年12月23日(“合并协议”)宣布的拟议并购协议的提案。该并购协议须由AstraZeneca Treasury Limited，一家根据英格兰和威尔士法律成立的私人有限公司(“母公司”)，以及根据开曼群岛法律注册成立的豁免有限责任公司、母公司全资子公司Grey Wolf Merger Sub(“合并附属公司”）向开曼群岛公司注册处提交合并计划(“合并计划”)，以及合并协议中所述的其他协议或文件，或与合并协议相关的任何文件或文书(“交易文件”)；双方合并协议中所述的可预期的交易（包括合并）的完成，以及合并协议附件B中所示的或有价值权益协议（统称为“交易”)，均受其中所列条件的约束。根据合并协议，根据开曼群岛《公司法(修订版)》的适用规定，合并子公司将在合并生效时并入母公司，亘喜生物将继续作为存续公司，并成为母公司的全资子公司(“合并”)。
GlobeNewswire Inc. · Feb 20, 2024
SAN DIEGO and SUZHOU, China and SHANGHAI, China, Feb. 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gracell Biotechnologies Inc. (“Gracell” or the “Company”, NASDAQ: GRCL), a global clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing innovative and highly efficacious cell therapies for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune disease, today announced that at an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (the “EGM”) held on February 19, 2024, the Company’s shareholders voted in favor of the proposal to approve and authorize the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the previously announced Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 23, 2023 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, AstraZeneca Treasury Limited, a private limited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales (“Parent”), and Grey Wolf Merger Sub, an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), the Plan of Merger required to be filed with the Registrar of Companies of the Cayman Islands (the “Plan of Merger”), and the other agreements or documents contemplated by the Merger Agreement or any document or instrument delivered in connection thereunder (the “Transaction Documents”) to which the Company is a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement (including the Merger) and the Contingent Value Rights Agreement, in the form attached as Exhibit B to the Merger Agreement, (collectively, the “Transactions”), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Companies Act (As Revised) of the Cayman Islands, Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company at the effective time of the Merger, with the Company continuing as the surviving company and becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of the Parent (the “Merger”).
