As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 8, 2024
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM F-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Altamira Therapeutics Ltd.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Not Applicable
(Translation of Registrant’s Name Into English)
Bermuda | Not Applicable | |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
Clarendon House
2 Church Street
Hamilton HM 11
Bermuda
Tel: (441) 295-5950
(Address and Telephone Number of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)
Thomas Meyer, PhD
President
Altamira Therapeutics, Inc.
8 The Green
Suite 12455
Dover, DE 19901
(302) 200-8095
(Name, Address, and Telephone Number of Agent for Service)
Copies to:
Michael J. Lerner, Esq.
Steven M. Skolnick, Esq.
Lowenstein Sandler LLP
1251 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
United States
(212) 262-6700
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement.
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933.
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards† provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
† The term “new or revised financial accounting standard” refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5, 2012.
The Registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act or until this registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to Section 8(a) of the Securities Act, may determine.
The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. The selling shareholders may not sell these securities pursuant to this prospectus until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities, and the selling shareholders are not soliciting offers to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale of these securities is not permitted.
SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED JANUARY 8, 2024
PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS
162,548 Common Shares
Altamira Therapeutics Ltd.
This prospectus relates to the disposition from time to time of up to 162,548 common shares, par value $0.002 per share (“Common Shares”), of Altamira Therapeutics Ltd., an exempted company limited by shares incorporated in Bermuda (“Altamira”, “we”, “us”, the “Borrower” or the “Company”). Reference is hereby made to the existing warrants (the “Existing Warrants”) to purchase up to 81,274 Common Shares, issued by the Company to the holder (the “Holder”) on May 1, 2023. The Common Shares registered hereby consist of shares that may be acquired upon the exercise of certain warrants issued in connection with that certain letter agreement dated December 7, 2023 (the “Warrant Inducement Agreement”) between the Company and the Holder, pursuant to which the Company issued and delivered, on December 15, 2023, to the Holder additional warrants using the same form as the Existing Warrants (the “New Warrants”) to purchase 2 Common Shares for each Common Share that the Holder received upon exercises for cash of Existing Warrants exercised prior to December 14, 2023 (for a total of 162,548 Common Shares), provided that (i) the initial exercise price of such New Warrants is CHF 6.656 (equal to the volume weighted average of the reduced exercise prices paid by the Holder upon such exercises), (ii) equal portions (i.e. two portions of 50% each) of such New Warrants are exercisable for (A) six months from their date of issuance and (B) two years from their date of issuance, respectively and (iii) such New Warrants contain a customary beneficial ownership blocker at the 9.99% ownership level.
We will bear all of the expenses incurred in connection with the registration of these shares. The selling shareholders will pay any underwriting discounts and selling commissions and/or similar charges incurred in connection with the sale of the shares. See “Plan of Distribution.”
The selling shareholders (including their pledgees, donees, transferees, assignees or other successors-in-interest) may offer the Common Shares from time to time through public or private transactions at prevailing market prices or at privately negotiated prices.
NEITHER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THESE SECURITIES OR PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. Before making any decision to invest in our securities, you should carefully consider the information disclosed under “Risk Factors” beginning on page 3 of this prospectus, as well as those risk factors contained or incorporated by reference into this prospectus and in the applicable prospectus supplements.
Currently, the Common Shares are traded on the NASDAQ Capital Market, or the NASDAQ, under the symbol “CYTO”. The closing price of the Common Shares on the NASDAQ on January 5, 2024 was $3.12 per Common Share.
Consent under the Exchange Control Act 1972 (and its related regulations) from the Bermuda Monetary Authority for the issue and transfer of our common shares to and between residents and non-residents of Bermuda for exchange control purposes has been obtained for so long as our common shares remain listed on an “appointed stock exchange,” which includes the NASDAQ. In granting such consent, neither the Bermuda Monetary Authority nor the Registrar of Companies in Bermuda accepts any responsibility for our financial soundness or the correctness of any of the statements made or opinions expressed herein.
The date of this prospectus is January 8, 2024
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Unless otherwise indicated or the context otherwise requires, all references in this prospectus to “Altamira Therapeutics Ltd.”, or “Altamira”, the “Company,” “we,” “our,” “ours,” “us” or similar terms refer to (i) Auris Medical Holding Ltd. a Bermuda company, or Auris Medical (Bermuda), the successor issuer to Auris Medical Holding AG (“Auris Medical (Switzerland)”) under Rule 12g-3(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), after the effective time at which Auris Medical (Switzerland) continued its corporate existence from Switzerland to Bermuda (the “Redomestication”), which occurred on March 18, 2019, and (ii) to Altamira Therapeutics Ltd. after adoption of the new company name by resolution of Special General Meeting of Shareholders held on July 21, 2021. The trademarks, trade names and service marks appearing in this prospectus are property of their respective owners.
On May 1, 2019, the Company effected a one-for-twenty reverse share split (the “2019 Reverse Share Split”) of the Company’s issued and outstanding common shares. On October 25, 2022, the Company effected a one-for-twenty reverse share split (the “2022 Reverse Share Split”) of the Company’s issued and outstanding common shares. On November 2, 2023, the Company changed the currency denomination of the Company’s authorised share capital from CHF to USD, reduced the issued share capital by reducing the par value of each common share in issue to USD 0.0001 and reduced the authorised share capital to USD 12,000 divided into 100,000,000 common shares of USD 0.0001 par value each and 20,000,000 preference shares of USD 0.0001 par value each. On December 13, 2023, the Company effected a one-for-twenty reverse share split (the “2023 Reverse Share Split”) of the Company’s issued and outstanding common shares. Unless indicated or the context otherwise requires, all per share amounts and numbers of common shares in this prospectus have been retrospectively adjusted for the 2019 Reverse Share Split, the 2022 Reverse Share Split and the 2023 Reverse Share Split.
The terms “dollar,” “USD” or “$” refer to U.S. dollars and the term “Swiss Franc” and “CHF” refer to the legal currency of Switzerland.
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This prospectus is part of a registration statement on Form F-3 that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act. This prospectus and any accompanying prospectus supplement do not contain all of the information included in the registration statement. For further information, we refer you to the registration statement, including its exhibits, filed with the SEC. Statements contained in this prospectus and any accompanying prospectus supplement about the contents of any document are not necessarily complete. If SEC rules require that a document be filed as an exhibit to the registration statement, please see such document for a complete description of these matters.
This prospectus only provides you with a general description of the securities being offered. Each time the selling shareholders sell any of the offered securities, the selling shareholders will provide this prospectus and a prospectus supplement, if applicable, that will contain specific information about the terms of the offering. The prospectus supplement may also add, update or change any information contained in this prospectus. You should carefully read this prospectus, any prospectus supplement and any free writing prospectus related to the applicable securities that is prepared by us or on our behalf or that is otherwise authorized by us, together with the additional information described under the headings “Where You Can Find More Information” and “Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference.”
You should rely only on the information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus, any prospectus supplement and any free writing prospectus related to these securities that is prepared by us or on our behalf or that is otherwise authorized by us. We have not authorized any other person to provide you with different information. If anyone provides you with different or inconsistent information, you should not rely on it. You should assume that the information contained in this prospectus, any prospectus supplement, any free writing prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference herein and therein is accurate only as of their respective dates. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since those dates. To the extent there is a conflict between the information contained in this prospectus and the prospectus supplement, you should rely on the information in the prospectus supplement, provided that if any statement in one of these documents is inconsistent with a statement in another document having a later date — for example, a document incorporated by reference into this prospectus or any prospectus supplement — the statement in the document having the later date modifies or supersedes the earlier statement.
We are not making an offer to sell the offered securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted. This offering is being made in the United States and elsewhere solely on the basis of the information contained in this prospectus.
References to “selling shareholders” refer to the shareholders listed herein under “Selling Shareholders,” and their transferees.
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This summary highlights selected information about us, this offering and information contained in greater detail elsewhere in this prospectus and in the documents incorporated by reference herein. This summary is not complete and does not contain all of the information that you should consider before investing in our securities. You should carefully read and consider this entire prospectus and the documents, including financial statements and related notes, and information incorporated by reference into this prospectus, including the financial statements and “Risk Factors” in this prospectus, before making an investment decision. If you invest in our securities, you are assuming a high degree of risk.
Our Company
We are a clinical- and commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company developing therapeutics that address important unmet medical needs. We are currently active in two areas: the development of RNA delivery technology for extrahepatic therapeutic targets (OligoPhore™ / SemaPhore™ platforms; AM-401 for the treatment of KRAS driven cancer, AM-411 for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis; preclinical), and nasal sprays for protection against airborne allergens, and where approved, viruses (Bentrio®; commercial) or the treatment of vertigo (AM-125; Phase 2). We have announced our intention to reposition the Company around RNA delivery technology while exploring strategic options to either divest our non-RNA traditional businesses or partner them with one or several other companies. In particular, we have announced that we are seeking to divest or partner our legacy assets, including Bentrio® for North America, Europe and other key markets and our inner ear therapeutics assets. On November 21, 2023, we closed the transaction for the partial spin-off of our Bentrio® business, selling a 51% stake in our subsidiary Altamira Medica AG for cash consideration of CHF 2,040,000 and certain rights to future gross licensing income.
Corporate Information
We are an exempted company incorporated under the laws of Bermuda. We began our current operations in 2003. On April 22, 2014, we changed our name from Auris Medical AG to Auris Medical Holding AG and transferred our operational business to our newly incorporated subsidiary Auris Medical AG, which is now our main operating subsidiary. On March 13, 2018, we effected a corporate reorganization through a merger into a newly formed holding company for the purpose of effecting the equivalent of a 10-1 “reverse share split.” Following shareholder approval at an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders held on March 8, 2019 and upon the issuance of a certificate of continuance by the Registrar of Companies in Bermuda on March 18, 2019, the Company discontinued as a Swiss company and, pursuant to Article 163 of the Swiss Federal Act on Private International Law and pursuant to Section 132C of the Companies Act 1981 of Bermuda (the “Companies Act”), continued existence under the Companies Act as a Bermuda company with the name “Auris Medical Holding Ltd.” (the “Redomestication”). Following shareholders’ approval at a special general meeting of shareholders held on July 21, 2021 we changed our name to Altamira Therapeutics Ltd. Our registered office is located at Clarendon House, 2 Church Street, Hamilton HM11, Bermuda, telephone number +1 (441) 295 5950.
We maintain a website at www.altamiratherapeutics.com where general information about us is available. Investors can obtain copies of our filings with the SEC or the Commission, from this site free of charge, as well as from the SEC website at www.sec.gov. We are not incorporating the contents of our website into this prospectus.
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Implications of Being a Foreign Private Issuer
We currently report under the Exchange Act as a non-U.S. company with foreign private issuer, or FPI, status. Although we no longer qualify as an emerging growth company, as long as we qualify as a foreign private issuer under the Exchange Act we will continue to be exempt from certain provisions of the Exchange Act that are applicable to U.S. domestic public companies, including:
● | the sections of the Exchange Act regulating the solicitation of proxies, consents or authorizations in respect of a security registered under the Exchange Act; |
● | the sections of the Exchange Act requiring insiders to file public reports of their stock ownership and trading activities and liability for insiders who profit from trades made in a short period of time; and |
● | the rules under the Exchange Act requiring the filing with the SEC of quarterly reports on Form 10-Q containing unaudited financial and other specified information, or current reports on Form 8-K, upon the occurrence of specified significant events. |
This Offering
We are registering for resale by the selling shareholders named herein the 162,548 Common Shares as described below.
Securities being offered: | Up to 162,548 of our Common Shares that may be acquired upon the exercise of the New Warrants issued in connection with the Warrant Inducement Agreement. | |
Use of proceeds: | We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale or other disposition of our Common Shares by the selling shareholders. | |
NASDAQ Capital Market symbol: | CYTO | |
Risk factors: | See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 3 for risks you should consider before investing in our shares. |
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Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. Before making an investment decision, you should carefully consider the risks described in this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus and under the captions “Risk Factors” in any of our filings with the SEC, including the item captioned “Risk Factors” in our most recent Annual Report on Form 20-F and our Reports on Form 6-K furnished to the SEC including our unaudited interim consolidated financial statements and corresponding management’s discussion and analysis. For additional information, please see the sources described in “Where You Can Find More Information.”
These risks are not the only risks we face. Additional risks not presently known to us, or that we currently view as immaterial, may also impair our business, if any of the risks described in our SEC filings or any Prospectus Supplement or any additional risks actually occur, our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows could be materially and adversely affected. In that case, the value of our securities could decline substantially and you could lose all or part of your investment.
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SPECIAL NOTE ON FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This prospectus contains statements that constitute forward-looking statements, including statements concerning our industry, our operations, our anticipated financial performance and financial condition, and our business plans and growth strategy and product development efforts. These statements constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. The words “may,” “might,” “will,” “should,” “estimate,” “project,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “expect,” “intend,” “outlook,” “believe” and other similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of their dates. These forward-looking statements are based on estimates and assumptions by our management that, although we believe to be reasonable, are inherently uncertain and subject to a number of risks and uncertainties.
Forward-looking statements appear in a number of places in this prospectus and include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our intent, belief or current expectations. Forward-looking statements are based on our management’s beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to our management. Such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements due to various factors, including, but not limited to:
● | our operation as a drug development-stage company with limited operating history and a history of operating losses; |
● | our ability to continue as a going concern, about which there is currently substantial doubt due to our recurring losses and negative cash flows from operations, our expectation to generate losses from operations for the foreseeable future and our cash position; |
● | our ability to remediate our current material weaknesses in our internal controls over financial reporting; |
● | our ability to timely and successfully reposition our Company around RNA therapeutics and to divest or partner our business in neurotology; |
● | the COVID-19 pandemic, which continues to evolve, and which could significantly disrupt our preclinical studies and clinical trials, and therefore our receipt of necessary regulatory approvals; |
● | our need for substantial additional funding to continue the development of our product candidates before we can expect to become profitable from sales of our products and the possibility that we may be unable to raise additional capital when needed; |
● | the timing, scope, terms and conditions of a potential divestiture or partnering of the Company’s inner ear assets as well as the cash such transaction(s) may generate; |
● | our dependence on the success of OligoPhoreTM, SemaPhoreTM, AM-401 and AM-411, which are still in preclinical development, and may eventually prove to be unsuccessful; |
● | the chance that we may become exposed to costly and damaging liability claims resulting from the testing of our product candidates in the clinic; |
● | the chance our clinical trials may not be completed on schedule, or at all, as a result of factors such as delayed enrollment or the identification of adverse effects; |
● | uncertainty surrounding whether any of our product candidates will receive regulatory approval or clearance, which is necessary before they can be commercialized; |
● | if our product candidates obtain regulatory approval or clearance, our product candidates being subject to expensive, ongoing obligations and continued regulatory overview; |
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● | enacted and future legislation may increase the difficulty and cost for us to obtain marketing approval and commercialization; |
● | our reliance on our current strategic relationship with Washington University, or Nuance Pharma and the potential success or failure of strategic relationships, joint ventures or mergers and acquisitions transactions; |
● | our reliance on third parties to conduct our nonclinical and clinical trials and on third-party, single-source suppliers to supply or produce our product candidates; |
● | our ability to obtain, maintain and protect our intellectual property rights and operate our business without infringing or otherwise violating the intellectual property rights of others; |
● | our ability to meet the continuing listing requirements of Nasdaq and remain listed on The Nasdaq Capital Market; |
● | the chance that certain intangible assets related to our product candidates will be impaired; and |
● | other risk factors discussed under “Risk Factors” on page 3 and in our most recent Annual Report on Form 20-F. |
Our actual results or performance could differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, any forward-looking statements relating to those matters. Accordingly, no assurances can be given that any of the events anticipated by the forward-looking statements will transpire or occur, or if any of them do so, what impact they will have on our results of operations, cash flows or financial condition. Except as required by law, we are under no obligation, and expressly disclaim any obligation, to update, alter or otherwise revise any forward-looking statement, whether written or oral, that may be made from time to time, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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The selling shareholders will receive all of the net proceeds from the sales of our Common Shares offered by the selling shareholders pursuant to this prospectus.
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Warrant Inducement Agreement
On December 7, 2023, Altamira Therapeutics Ltd., an exempted company limited by shares incorporated in Bermuda (the “Company”) entered into a letter agreement (the “Warrant Inducement Agreement”) with the holder (the “Holder”) of certain warrants (the “Existing Warrants”) to purchase an aggregate of 81,274 of the Company’s common shares, par value $0.002 per share (the “Common Shares”) dated May 1, 2023 in order to provide the Holder with a limited opportunity to exercise such Existing Warrants at a reduced exercise price and receive additional warrants upon any such exercise.
Under the Warrant Inducement Agreement, effective from the date and time of execution thereof until 12:59 PM ET on December 14, 2023 (such period, the “Exercise Window”), the Existing Warrants were temporarily amended by reducing the Exercise Price (as defined therein; at that time CHF 30.76 per common share) of the Existing Warrants from time to time during such period to an amount with respect to each exercise of Existing Warrants during such Exercise Window (the “Reduced Exercise Price”) equal to 90% of the daily trading volume weighted average price for Common Shares on the NASDAQ stock exchange on the trading day following the date of each such exercise upon which settlement of such exercise occurred (a “Settlement Day”) measured commencing at the time of such settlement, in each case converted into Swiss Francs at the midpoint of the interbank exchange rate shown by UBS on such Settlement Day at 4:00 pm Central European Time per Common Share (the “Warrant Amendment”). The Holder exercised all of such Existing Warrants during the Exercise Window at the Reduced Exercise Price of CHF 6.656 per share.
In addition, on December 15, 2023, the Company issued and delivered to the Holder additional warrants using the same form as the Existing Warrants (the “New Warrants”) to purchase 2 Common Shares for each Common Share that the Holder received upon the exercises for cash of Existing Warrants during the Exercise Window (for a total of 162,548 Common Shares), provided that the initial exercise price of such New Warrants is CHF 6.656 (equal to Reduced Exercise Price), and equal portions (i.e. two portions of 50% each) of such New Warrants are exercisable for (A) six months from their date of issuance and (B) two years from their date of issuance, respectively.
The Company also agreed to file a registration statement to register for resale the Common Shares issuable upon exercise of the New Warrants within 15 calendar days after the end of the Exercise Window.
Information about Selling Shareholders Offering
We are registering the resale of the above-referenced Common Shares to permit the selling shareholders identified below, or their permitted transferees or other successors-in-interest that may be identified in a supplement to this prospectus or, if required, a post-effective amendment to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, to resell or otherwise dispose of the Common Shares in the manner contemplated under “Plan of Distribution” in this prospectus (as may be supplemented and amended). This prospectus covers the sale or other disposition by the selling shareholders of up to the total number of Common Shares issuable upon cash exercise of the New Warrants, which are held by the selling shareholders. Throughout this prospectus, when we refer to the Common Shares being registered on behalf of the selling shareholders, we are referring to the Common Shares issuable upon exercise of the New Warrants, and when we refer to the selling shareholders in this prospectus, we are referring to the Holder and its permitted transferees or other successors-in-interest that may be identified in a supplement to this prospectus or, if required, a post-effective amendment to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part.
The selling shareholders may sell some, all or none of their Common Shares. We do not know when or whether any of the selling shareholders will exercise their New Warrants, nor do we know how long the selling shareholders will hold their Common Shares before selling them, and we currently have no agreements, arrangements or understandings with the Holder regarding the sale or other disposition of any of the Common Shares. The Common Shares covered hereby may be offered from time to time by the selling shareholders.
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The following table sets forth the names of the selling shareholders, the number and percentage of our Common Shares beneficially owned by the selling shareholders as of December 20, 2023, the number of our Common Shares issuable upon exercise of the New Warrants that may be offered under this prospectus, and the number and percentage of our Common Shares beneficially owned by the selling shareholders assuming all of the Common Shares registered hereunder are sold. Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC and includes voting or investment power with respect to our Common Shares. Generally, a person “beneficially owns” Common Shares if the person has or shares with others the right to vote those shares or to dispose of them, or if the person has the right to acquire voting or disposition rights within 60 days. The number of Common Shares in the column “Number of Shares Offered” represents all of the Common Shares that the selling shareholders may offer and sell from time to time under this prospectus.
The information in the table below and the footnotes thereto regarding Common Shares to be beneficially owned after the offering assumes (i) that the selling shareholders have exercised their New Warrants in full pursuant to cash exercises, and (ii) the sale of all Common Shares being offered by the selling shareholders under this prospectus.
Unless otherwise indicated, all information contained in the table below and the footnotes thereto is based upon information provided to us by the selling shareholders. The percentage of shares owned prior to and after the offering is based on 1,417,824 of our Common Shares outstanding as of December 20, 2023. Unless otherwise indicated in the footnotes to this table, we believe that the selling shareholders named in this table have sole voting and investment power with respect to the Common Shares indicated as beneficially owned. Except as otherwise indicated in this section, based on the information provided to us by the selling shareholders, and to the best of our knowledge, the selling shareholders are not broker-dealers or affiliates of broker-dealers.
Number of Common Shares Beneficially Owned Prior to the Offering | Number of Common Shares Registered Hereby for Sale | Number of Common Shares Beneficially Owned After the Offering | Percent | |||||||||||||
FiveT Investment Management Ltd.(1) | 162,548 | 162,548 | - | - |
* | Less than 1%. |
(1) | The number of Common Shares in the second column includes 162,548 Common Shares underlying the New Warrants, without giving effect to limitations on beneficial ownership set forth therein. Wieland Kreuder (“Mr. Kreuder”) has voting control and investment discretion over the securities reported herein that are held by the Holder. As a result, Mr. Kreuder may be deemed to have beneficial ownership (as determined under Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act of the securities reported herein that are held by the Holder. The registered address of FiveT Investment Management is Suite 5B201, 2nd Floor, One Nexus Way, Camana Bay, Grand Cayman KY1-1108 Cayman Islands. |
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As of December 20, 2023, our authorized share capital consisted of 5,000,000 common shares, par value $0.002 per share, and 20,000,000 preference shares, par value $0.0001 per share, and there were 1,477,824 common shares issued and outstanding, excluding 145,317 common shares issuable upon exercise of options and 596,619 common shares issuable upon exercise of warrants, and no preference shares issued and outstanding. See Item 10.B. of our most recent Annual Report on Form 20-F, which is incorporated herein by reference.
We are registering the Common Shares issued and issuable upon exercise of the New Warrants to permit the resale of these Common Shares by the Holder from time to time after the date of this prospectus. We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale by the selling shareholders of the Common Shares. We will bear all fees and expenses incident to our obligation to register the Common Shares.
The selling shareholders may sell all or a portion of the Common Shares beneficially owned by them and offered hereby from time to time directly or through one or more underwriters, broker-dealers or agents. If the Common Shares are sold through underwriters or broker-dealers, the selling shareholders will be responsible for underwriting discounts or commissions or agent’s commissions. The Common Shares may be sold in one or more transactions at fixed prices, at prevailing market prices at the time of the sale, at varying prices determined at the time of sale, or at negotiated prices. These sales may be effected in transactions, which may involve crosses or block transactions,
● | on any national securities exchange or quotation service on which the securities may be listed or quoted at the time of sale; |
● | in the over-the-counter market; |
● | in transactions otherwise than on these exchanges or systems or in the over-the-counter market; |
● | through the writing of options, whether such options are listed on an options exchange or otherwise; |
● | ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits purchasers; |
● | block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction; |
● | purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its account; |
● | an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange; |
● | privately negotiated transactions; |
● | short sales; |
● | sales pursuant to Rule 144; |
● | broker-dealers may agree with the selling shareholders to sell a specified number of such shares at a stipulated price per share; |
● | a combination of any such methods of sale; and |
● | any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law. |
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If the selling shareholders effect such transactions by selling Common Shares to or through underwriters, broker-dealers or agents, such underwriters, broker-dealers or agents may receive commissions in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions from the selling shareholders or commissions from purchasers of the Common Shares for whom they may act as agent or to whom they may sell as principal (which discounts, concessions or commissions as to particular underwriters, broker-dealers or agents may be in excess of those customary in the types of transactions involved). In connection with sales of the Common Shares or otherwise, the selling shareholders may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers, which may in turn engage in short sales of the Common Shares in the course of hedging in positions they assume. The selling shareholders may also sell Common Shares short and deliver Common Shares covered by this prospectus to close out short positions and to return borrowed shares in connection with such short sales. The selling shareholders may also loan or pledge Common Shares to broker-dealers that in turn may sell such shares. The selling shareholders may pledge or grant a security interest in some or all of the Common Shares owned by it and, if it defaults in the performance of its secured obligations, the pledgees or secured parties may offer and sell the Common Shares from time to time pursuant to this prospectus or any amendment to this prospectus under Rule 424(b)(3) or other applicable provision of the Securities Act, amending, if necessary, the list of selling shareholders to include the pledgee, transferee or other successors in interest as selling shareholders under this prospectus. The selling shareholders also may transfer and donate the Common Shares in other circumstances in which case the transferees, donees, pledgees or other successors in interest will be the selling beneficial owners for purposes of this prospectus.
The selling shareholders and any broker-dealer participating in the distribution of the Common Shares may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act, and any commission paid, or any discounts or concessions allowed to, any such broker-dealer may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act. At the time a particular offering of the Common Shares is made, a prospectus supplement, if required, will be distributed which will set forth the aggregate amount of Common Shares being offered and the terms of the offering, including the name or names of any broker-dealers or agents, any discounts, commissions and other terms constituting compensation from the selling shareholders and any discounts, commissions or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to broker-dealers.
Under the securities laws of some states, the Common Shares may be sold in such states only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers. In addition, in some states the Common Shares may not be sold unless such shares have been registered or qualified for sale in such state or an exemption from registration or qualification is available and is complied with. There can be no assurance that any selling shareholder will sell any or all of the Common Shares registered pursuant to the registration statement, of which this prospectus is a part.
The selling shareholders and any other person participating in such distribution will be subject to applicable provisions of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations thereunder, including, without limitation, Regulation M of the Exchange Act, which may limit the timing of purchases and sales of any of the Common Shares by the selling shareholders and any other participating person. Regulation M may also restrict the ability of any person engaged in the distribution of the Common Shares to engage in market making activities with respect to the Common Shares. All of the foregoing may affect the marketability of the Common Shares and the ability of any person or entity to engage in market-making activities with respect to the Common Shares. We will pay all expenses of the registration of the Common Shares, estimated to be $30,945 in total, including, without limitation, SEC filing fees and expenses of compliance with state securities or “blue sky” laws; provided, however, that the selling shareholders will pay all underwriting discounts and selling commissions, if any. We will indemnify the selling shareholders against liabilities, including some liabilities under the Securities Act, or the selling shareholders will be entitled to contribution. We may be indemnified by the selling shareholders against civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, that may arise from any written information furnished to us by the selling shareholders specifically for use in this prospectus, in accordance with the related agreement, or we may be entitled to contribution. Once sold under the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, the Common Shares will be freely tradable in the hands of persons other than our affiliates.
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The following is a statement of estimated expenses to be incurred by us in connection with the registration of the securities registered hereby, all of which will be borne by us. All amounts shown are estimates except the SEC registration fee.
SEC registration fee | $ | 78 | ||
Legal fees and expenses | $ | 20,000 | ||
Accountant’s fees and expenses | $ | 10,867 | ||
Total | $ | 30,945 |
The validity of the Common Shares and certain other matters of Bermuda law will be passed upon for us by Conyers Dill & Pearman Limited, special Bermuda counsel to the Company.
The financial statements of Altamira Therapeutics Ltd. as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2022, incorporated by reference in this prospectus, have been audited by Deloitte AG, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report. Such financial statements are incorporated by reference in reliance upon the report of such firm given their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.
SERVICE OF PROCESS AND ENFORCEABILITY OF CIVIL LIABILITIES
Altamira Therapeutics Ltd. is a Bermuda exempted company limited by shares. As a result, the rights of holders of our common shares will be governed by Bermuda law and its memorandum of continuation and bye-laws. The rights of shareholders under Bermuda law may differ from the rights of shareholders of companies incorporated in other jurisdictions. Many of our directors and some of the named experts referred to in this prospectus are not residents of the United States, and a substantial portion of our assets are located outside the United States. As a result, it may be difficult for investors to effect service of process on those persons in the United States or to enforce in the United States judgments obtained in U.S. courts against us or those persons based on the civil liability provisions of the U.S. securities laws. It is doubtful whether courts in Bermuda will enforce judgments obtained in other jurisdictions, including the United States, against us or our directors or officers under the securities laws of those jurisdictions or entertain actions in Bermuda against us or our directors or officers under the securities laws of other jurisdictions.
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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We are subject to the informational requirements of the Exchange Act. Accordingly, we are required to file reports and other information with the SEC, including annual reports on Form 20-F and reports on Form 6-K. The materials we file with or furnish to the SEC are available to the public on the SEC’s Internet website at www.sec.gov. Those filings are also available to the public on our corporate website at www.altamiratherapeutics.com. Information contained on our website is not a part of this prospectus and the inclusion of our website address in this prospectus is an inactive textual reference only.
As a foreign private issuer, we are exempt under the Exchange Act from, among other things, the rules prescribing the furnishing and content of proxy statements, and our directors, executive officers and principal shareholders are exempt from the reporting and short-swing profit recovery provisions contained in Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
This prospectus forms part of a registration statement that we filed with the SEC. The registration statement contains more information than this Prospectus regarding us and our securities, including certain exhibits and schedules. You can obtain a copy of the registration statement from the SEC at the address listed above or electronically at www.sec.gov.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
The SEC allows us to incorporate by reference information into this document. This means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to another document filed separately with the SEC. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be a part of this document, except for any information superseded by information that is included directly in this prospectus or incorporated by reference subsequent to the date of this prospectus.
We incorporate by reference the following documents or information that we have filed or furnished with the SEC:
● | our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the SEC on May 16, 2023; and | |
● | our Reports on Form 6-K furnished on June 15, 2023, June 27, 2023, July 11, 2023, July 28, 2023, August 21, 2023, September 12, 2023, October 31, 2023, November 21, 2023, November 22, 2023, December 8, 2023 and December 11, 2023; and |
● | the description of our common shares contained in our Report on Form 6-K furnished on March 18, 2019, including any subsequent amendment or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description. |
All subsequent annual reports on Form 20-F filed by us and all subsequent reports on Form 6-K furnished by us that are identified by us as being incorporated by reference shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this prospectus and deemed to be a part hereof after the date of this prospectus but before the termination of the offering by this prospectus.
We will provide each person to whom this prospectus is delivered a copy of the information that has been incorporated into this prospectus by reference but not delivered with the prospectus (except exhibits, unless they are specifically incorporated into this prospectus by reference). You may obtain copies of these documents, at no cost, by writing or telephoning us at:
Altamira Therapeutics Ltd.
Clarendon House
2 Church Street
Hamilton HM 11, Bermuda
(441) 295-5950
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Any statement contained in this prospectus or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded, for the purposes of this prospectus, to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such statement. The modifying or superseding statement need not state that it has modified or superseded a prior statement or include any other information set forth in the document that it modifies or supersedes. The making of a modifying or superseding statement shall not be deemed an admission for any purposes that the modified or superseded statement, when made, constituted a misrepresentation, an untrue statement of a material fact or an omission to state a material fact that is required to be stated or that is necessary to make a statement not misleading in light of the circumstances in which it was made. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not constitute a part of this prospectus, except as so modified or superseded.
Upon a new annual information form or annual report on Form 20-F and the related audited annual consolidated financial statements together with the auditors’ report thereon and management’s discussion and analysis related thereto being filed by us with the applicable securities regulatory authorities during the currency of this prospectus, the previous annual information form or annual report on Form 20-F, the previous audited annual consolidated financial statements and all unaudited interim financial statements, annual and semi-annual management’s discussion and analyses, material change reports and business acquisition reports filed by us prior to the commencement of our financial year in which the new annual information form or annual report on Form 20-F was filed, no longer shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this prospectus for the purpose of future offers and sales of securities hereunder.
One or more prospectus supplements containing the terms of an offering of securities hereunder and other information in relation to such securities will be delivered to purchasers of such securities together with this prospectus and shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this prospectus as of the date of such prospectus supplement solely for the purposes of the offering of the securities covered by any such prospectus supplement.
A prospectus supplement containing any additional or updated information that we elect to include therein will be delivered with this prospectus to purchasers of securities who purchase such securities after the filing of this prospectus and shall be deemed to be incorporated into this Prospectus as of the date of such prospectus supplement.
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PART II—INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
ITEM 8. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Section 98 of the Companies Act provides generally that a Bermuda company may indemnify its directors, officers and auditors against any liability which by virtue of any rule of law would otherwise be imposed on them in respect of any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust, except in cases where such liability arises from fraud or dishonesty of which such director, officer or auditor may be guilty in relation to the company. Section 98 further provides that a Bermuda company may indemnify its directors, officers and auditors against any liability incurred by them in defending any proceedings, whether civil or criminal, in which judgment is awarded in their favor or in which they are acquitted or granted relief by the Supreme Court of Bermuda pursuant to section 281 of the Companies Act.
We have adopted provisions in our bye-laws that provide that we shall indemnify our officers and directors in respect of their actions and omissions, except in respect of their fraud or dishonesty. Our bye-laws provide that the shareholders waive all claims or rights of action that they might have, individually or in right of the company, against any of the company’s directors or officers for any act or failure to act in the performance of such director’s or officer’s duties, except in respect of any fraud or dishonesty of such director or officer. Section 98A of the Companies Act permits us to purchase and maintain insurance for the benefit of any officer or director in respect of any loss or liability attaching to him in respect of any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust, whether or not we may otherwise indemnify such officer or director.
We have entered into indemnification agreements with each of the members of our board of directors and executive officers.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company, the Company has been advised that, in the opinion of the SEC, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.
ITEM 9. EXHIBITS
See Exhibit Index following the signature pages of this registration statement.
ITEM 10. UNDERTAKINGS
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a further post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and
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(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement.
Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) of this section do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form F-3 and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(4) To file a post-effective amendment to the registration statement to include any financial statements required by Item 8. A. of Form 20-F at the start of any delayed offering or throughout a continuous offering. Financial statements and information otherwise required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933 need not be furnished, provided, that the registrant includes in the prospectus, by means of a post-effective amendment, financial statements required pursuant to this paragraph (a) (4) and other information necessary to ensure that all other information in the prospectus is at least as current as the date of those financial statements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to registration statements on Form F-3, a post-effective amendment need not be filed to include financial statements and information required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule 3-19 of Regulation S-X if such financial statements and information are contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Form F-3.
(5) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act to any purchaser:
(i) Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and
(ii) Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(l)(i), (vii), or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date.
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(6) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities:
The undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;
(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and
(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.
(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offering therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that:
(i) For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in the form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.
(ii) For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(d) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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EXHIBIT INDEX
* | Filed herewith. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form F-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Hamilton, Bermuda, on January 8, 2024.
ALTAMIRA THERAPEUTICS LTD. | |||
By: | /s/ Thomas Meyer | ||
Name: | Thomas Meyer | ||
Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Thomas Meyer and Marcel Gremaud, either of whom may act without the joinder of the other, as the true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent of the undersigned, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to execute in the name, place and stead of the undersigned, in any and all such capacities, any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to this Registration Statement on Form F-3 (including any subsequent registration statement for the same offering which may be filed under the Securities Act of 1933), and all instruments necessary or in connection therewith, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, and hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned each and every act and thing whatsoever necessary or advisable to be done, as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
This Power of Attorney may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but which taken together shall constitute one instrument.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature | Title | Date | ||
/s/ Thomas Meyer | Chief Executive Officer and Director | January 8, 2024 | ||
Thomas Meyer | (Principal Executive Officer) | |||
/s/ Marcel Gremaud | Chief Financial Officer | January 8, 2024 | ||
Marcel Gremaud | (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) | |||
/s/ Mats Blom | Director | January 8, 2024 | ||
Mats Blom | ||||
/s/ Alain Munoz | Director | January 8, 2024 | ||
Alain Munoz | ||||
/s/ Margrit Schwarz | Director | January 8, 2024 | ||
Margrit Schwarz |
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AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 6(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, the undersigned has signed this Registration Statement on Form F-3, solely in the capacity of the duly authorized representative of Altamira Therapeutics Ltd. in the United States, on January 8, 2024.
Altamira Therapeutics, Inc. | ||
By: | /s/ Thomas Meyer | |
Name: | Thomas Meyer | |
Title: | President |
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Exhibit 5.1
CONYERS DILL & PEARMAN LIMITED
Clarendon House, 2 Church Street Hamilton HM 11, Bermuda Mail: PO Box HM 666, Hamilton HM CX, Bermuda T +1 441 295 1422 conyers.com |
8 January 2024
Matter No.: 401387
+1 441 299 4938
guy.cooper@conyers.com
Altamira Therapeutics Ltd.
Clarendon House
2 Church Street
Hamilton HM 11
Bermuda
Dear Sir/ Madam,
Re: Altamira Therapeutics Ltd. (the “Company”)
We have acted as special Bermuda legal counsel to the Company in connection with a registration statement on form F-3 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on 8 January 2024 (the “Registration Statement”, which term does not include any other document or agreement whether or not specifically referred to therein or attached as an exhibit or schedule thereto) relating to the registration under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the “Securities Act”) of an aggregate of up to 162,548 common shares, par value US$ 0.002 each (the “Common Shares”) issuable by the Company in accordance with: (i) a common share purchase warrant executed by the Company in favour of FiveT Investment Management Ltd. (“FIML”) dated 15 December 2023 (the “2024 Warrants”); and (ii) a common share purchase warrant executed by the Company in favour of FIML dated 15 December 2023 (the “2025 Warrants” and together with the 2024 Warrants, the “Warrants”).
1. | DOCUMENTS REVIEWED |
For the purposes of giving this opinion, we have examined copies of:
1.1 | the Registration Statement; |
1.2 | an electronic copy of an executed amendment to existing warrants and inducement for exercise between the Company and FIML dated 7 December 2023 (the “Inducement Agreement”); |
1.3 | an electronic copy of the executed 2024 Warrants; and |
1.4 | an electronic copy of the executed 2025 Warrants. |
We have also reviewed:
1.5 | copies of the memorandum of continuance and the bye-laws of the Company, each certified by the Secretary of the Company on 8 January 2024 (the “Constitutional Documents”); |
1.6 | a copy of written resolutions of the directors of the Company dated 7 December 2023 (the “Resolutions”); and |
1.7 | such other documents and made such enquiries as to questions of law as we have deemed necessary in order to render the opinion set forth below. |
2 | ASSUMPTIONS |
We have assumed:
2.1 | the genuineness and authenticity of all signatures and the conformity to the originals of all copies (whether or not certified) examined by us and the authenticity and completeness of the originals from which such copies were taken; |
2.2 | that where a document has been examined by us in draft form, it will be or has been executed and/or filed in the form of that draft, and where a number of drafts of a document have been examined by us all changes thereto have been marked or otherwise drawn to our attention; |
2.3 | the accuracy and completeness of all factual representations made in the Registration Statement, the Inducement Agreement, the Warrants and other documents reviewed by us; |
2.4 | that the Resolutions were passed at one or more duly convened, constituted and quorate meetings, or by unanimous written resolutions, remain in full force and effect and have not been rescinded or amended; |
2.5 | that there is no provision of the law of any jurisdiction, other than Bermuda, which would have any implication in relation to the opinions expressed herein; |
2.6 | the due execution and delivery of the Registration Statement, the Inducement Agreement and the Warrants by each of the parties thereto, other than the Company, and the physical delivery thereof by the Company with an intention to be bound thereby; |
2.7 | that the Constitutional Documents will not be amended in any manner that would affect the opinions expressed herein; |
2.8 | that the validity and binding effect under the laws of Switzerland of the Inducement Agreement and the Warrants in accordance with their respective terms; |
2.9 | that the Company will have sufficient authorised capital to effect the issue of any of the Common Shares at the time of issuance; |
2.10 | that the Company’s Common Shares will be listed on an appointed stock exchange, as defined in the Companies Act 1981, as amended, at the time of issuance of any Common Shares and the consent to the issue and free transferability of the Company’s securities given by the Bermuda Monetary Authority on 27 February 2019 will not have been revoked or amended at the time of issuance or transfer of any Common Shares; and |
2.11 | that upon issue of any Common Shares the Company will receive consideration for the full issue price thereof which shall be equal to at least the par value thereof. |
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3 | QUALIFICATIONS |
3.1 | We have made no investigation of and express no opinion in relation to the laws of any jurisdiction other than Bermuda. |
3.2 | This opinion is to be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Bermuda and is limited to and is given on the basis of the current law and practice in Bermuda. |
3.3 | This opinion is issued solely for the purposes of the filing of the Registration Statement and the issuance of the Common Shares by the Company and is not to be relied upon in respect of any other matter. |
4 | OPINION |
On the basis of and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:
4.1 | The Company is duly incorporated and existing under the laws of Bermuda in good standing (meaning solely that it has not failed to make any filing with any Bermuda governmental authority under the Companies Act 1981, or to pay any Bermuda government fee or tax, which would make it liable to be struck off the Register of Companies and thereby cease to exist under the laws of Bermuda). |
4.2 | When issued and paid for as contemplated by the Registration Statement and the Warrants, the Common Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable (which term means when used herein that no further sums are required to be paid by the holders thereof in connection with the issue of such shares). |
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the references to our firm under the caption “Legal Matters” in the prospectus forming a part of the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not hereby admit that we are experts within the meaning of Section 11 of the Securities Act or that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the Rules and Regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
Yours faithfully,
/s/ Conyers Dill & Pearman Limited
Conyers Dill & Pearman Limited
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Exhibit 23.2
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form F-3 of our report dated May 16, 2023 relating to the financial statements of Altamira Therapeutics Ltd., appearing in the Annual Report on Form 20-F of Altamira Therapeutics Ltd. for the year ended December 31, 2022. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in such Registration Statement.
Deloitte AG
/s/ Roland Mueller | /s/ Adrian Kaeppeli |
Zurich, Switzerland
January 8, 2024
Exhibit 107
Calculation of Filing Fee Tables
Form F-3
(Form Type)
Altamira Therapeutics Ltd.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Not Applicable
(Translation of Registrant’s Name into English)
Table 1: Newly Registered and Carry Forward Securities
Security Type | Security Class Title | Fee Calculation or Carry Forward Rule | Amount to be Registered (1) | Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Unit (2) | Maximum Aggregate Offering Price (1) | Fee Rate | Amount of Registration Fee (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Newly Registered Securities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fees to Be Paid | Equity | Common shares, par value CHF 0.20 per share (3) | Other | 162,548 | $ | 3.235 | $ | 525,842.78 | 0.0001476 | $ | 77.61 | |||||||||||||||||||
Fees Previously Paid | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Total Offering Amounts | $ | 525,842.78 | $ | 77.61 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total Fees Previously Paid | – | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total Fee Offsets | 16.96 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net Fee Due | $ | 60.65 |
Table 2: Fee Offset Claims and Sources
Registrant or Filer Name |
Form or Filing Type |
File Number |
Initial Filing Date |
Filing Date |
Fee Offset Claimed |
Security Type Associated with Fee Offset Claimed |
Security Title Associated with Fee Offset Claimed |
Unsold Securities Associated with Fee Offset Claimed |
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Fee Offset Claims | Altamira Therapeutics Ltd. | F-1 | 333-269823 | 02/16/2023 | $ | 16.96 | Equity | (4) | (4) | (4) | ||||||||||||||||
Fee Offset Sources | Altamira Therapeutics Ltd. | F-1 | 333-269823 | 03/27/2023 | $ | 2,230.45 |
(1) | Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminable number of additional securities that may become issuable pursuant to terms designed to prevent dilution resulting from share splits, share dividends or similar events. |
(2) | Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, based on the average of the high and low prices of the registrant’s common shares, as reported on the NASDAQ Capital Market on January 5, 2024, a date within five business days prior to the initial filing of this registration statement on January 8, 2024. |
(3) | Consists of up to 162,548 common shares that may be acquired upon the exercise of certain warrants issued in connection with the Warrant Inducement Agreement. |
(4) | The registrant previously paid a filing fee of $2,230.45 in connection with the registration of up to an aggregate of $20,240,000 of common shares, par value CHF 0.20 per share (the “Common Shares”), Common Shares underlying pre-funded warrants and Common Shares underlying common warrants under the registrant’s registration statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-269823) (the “Prior Registration Statement”). The registration fee shown on the table above is offset by $77.62 in fees that the registrant is entitled to offset under Rule 457(p) of the Securities Act, which the registrant previously paid with respect to unsold shares under the Prior Registration Statement. The registrant has withdrawn the Prior Registration Statement. The registrant has previously used an aggregate of $2,213.49 of the fees paid with respect to the Prior Registration Statement for the registrant’s registration statements on Form F-1 (File No. 333-272336) and Form F-3 (File No. 333-272338), leaving an aggregate of $16.96 in fees available for offset immediately prior to the filing of this registration statement. |