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RNS Number : 7593J  BioPharma Credit PLC  22 May 2025

22 May 2025

 

BIOPHARMA CREDIT PLC

 

(THE "COMPANY")

 

UPDATE ON INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO

 

OptiNose Acquisition Completion and US$25 Million New Investment

 

BioPharma Credit PLC (LSE: BPCR), the specialist life sciences debt investment
trust, is pleased to announce the completion of the acquisition of OptiNose,
Inc. ("OPTN") and a new US$25 million investment in Paratek Pharmaceuticals,
Inc. ("Paratek"), the privately held company that acquired OPTN.

 

OptiNose, Inc. - Acquisition Closing and Prepayment

 

Pharmakon Advisors, LP, the investment manager of the Company, notes the
announcement released on 21 May 2025 regarding the closing of the acquisition
of OPTN by Paratek.  The Company had previously announced on 21 March 2025
the entering into of an agreement by Paratek to acquire OPTN for a total
transaction value of up to US$330 million (the "Transaction").

 

In connection with the closing of the Transaction, the Company received a
payment of US$82.8 million, comprised of US$71.5 million in returned principal
and US$11.3 million of make-whole and prepayment fees, and accrued interest.
The Company also expects proceeds of US$1.6 million in connection with the
Company's outstanding OPTN shares.

 

Paratek - New US$25 Million Investment

 

The Company is pleased to announce that it, through its fully owned
subsidiary, together with BioPharma Credit Investments V (Master) LP
("BioPharma-V") have entered into a new senior secured loan agreement with
Paratek alongside funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, L.P.
("Oaktree") and Q Aspen LLC (a wholly owned subsidiary of Qatar Investment
Authority, "QIA").

 

Paratek is a privately held pharmaceutical company providing innovative
specialty therapies for specialists and community care providers, addressing
important medical and public health threats.  Paratek's lead product, NUZYRA
(omadacycline), is a once-daily oral and intravenous antibiotic indicated for
adults with community-acquired bacterial pneumonia (CABP) and acute bacterial
skin and skin structure infections (ABSSSI).  Paratek became a private
company in 2023 when it was acquired by B-FLEXION and Novo Holdings for a
total transaction consideration of up to US$462 million (including contingent
value rights).  Paratek's last publicly reported 12-month trailing sales as
of June 2023 were US$177 million, with US$152 million coming from NUZYRA®.

 

Each of the Company and BioPharma-V has funded US$25 million at closing, for a
total US$50 million investment out of a total US$275 million senior secured
loan facility. Oaktree and QIA funded the balance of the US$225 million senior
secured loans. Since Paratek is a privately held company, further details
about the senior secured loan facility are not publicly available, but the
terms of the loan are generally comparable with the Company's other
investments.

 

 

Enquiries:

BioPharma Credit plc

via MUFG Corporate Governance Limited

Company Secretary

+44 (0) 333 300 1932

Burson Buchanan

Mark Court / Jamie Hooper / Henry Wilson / Nick Croysdill

+44 (0)20 7466 5000

biopharmacredit@buchanan.uk.com (mailto:biopharmacredit@buchanan.uk.com)

 

Notes to Editors:

 

BioPharma Credit PLC is London's only specialist debt investor to the life
sciences industry and joined the LSE in March 2017. BioPharma Credit
PLC seeks to provide long-term shareholder returns, principally in the form
of sustainable income distributions from exposure to the life sciences
industry. BioPharma Credit PLC seeks to achieve this objective primarily
through investments in debt assets secured by royalties or other cash flows
derived from the sales of approved life sciences products.

 

 

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