GAITHERSBURG, Md., Feb. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — YS Biopharma Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ:YS) (“YS Biopharma”) along with its subsidiaries (“YS Group” or the “Company”), a global biopharmaceutical company dedicated to discovering, developing, manufacturing, and delivering new generations of vaccines and therapeutic biologics for infectious diseases and cancer, today announced that it has entered into a share purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with an institutional investor (the “Purchaser”) for the private placement of 95,269,762 ordinary shares of the Company, par value US$0.00002 per share (the “Shares”) at a purchase price of $0.41986 per Share (the “Private Placement”) for an aggregate of US$40 million in proceeds.
Dr. David Shao, Director, President, and CEO of the Company, commented, “We are proud to announce the US$40 million private placement, exclusively through the issuance of ordinary shares. Through equity financing, without issuance of any warrants or options, we empower our investors with direct ownership, aligning their interests with the interests of existing shareholders striving for the long-term success of YS Biopharma. This infusion …