LIDDS publishes prospectus in connection with forthcoming rights issue

LIDDS AB (“LIDDS” or the “Company”) announced on 11 June 2020 that the Board of Directors, pursuant to the authorization granted by the annual general meeting, has resolved to carry out, inter alia, a new share issue with pre-emption rights for existing shareholders (the “Rights Issue”). The Board of Directors has prepared an EU Growth prospectus in connection with the Rights Issue (the “Prospectus”), which has been approved and registered by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority and subsequently published by the Company.

Publication of the Prospectus

LIDDS announces today that the Prospectus regarding the Rights Issue has been approved and registered by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority and is available on the Company’s website, , together with all other information related to the Rights Issue. The Prospectus will also be available on the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority’s (Sw: Finansinspektionen) website .

Preliminary time schedule for the Rights Issue

Responsible parties

The information in this press release has been made public through the agency of the responsible person set out below for publication at the time stated by LIDDS AB’s news distributor GlobeNewswire at the publication of this press release. The responsible person below may be contacted for further information.

Monica Wallter, CEO

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Anja Peters, CFO

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This press release is in all respects a translation of the Swedish original press release. In the event of any differences between this translation and the Swedish original, the latter shall prevail.

About LIDDS

LIDDS AB (publ) is a Swedish-based pharmaceutical company with a unique drug delivery technology NanoZolid®. NanoZolid® is a clinically validated drug development technology and superior in its ability to provide a controlled and sustained release of active drug substances for up to six months. LIDDS has licensing agreements where NanoZolid® is combined with antiandrogens and in-house development projects in clinical and preclinical phase for cytostatics and immunoactive agents. LIDDS (LIDDS) shares are listed on Nasdaq First North Growth Market. Redeye AB, , +46 (0)8 121 576 90, is a Certified Adviser to LIDDS. For more information, please visit .

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