Karolinska Development makes a partial sale of its holdings in the portfolio company Aprea Therapeutics and receives a net of SEK 39 million

Karolinska Development makes a partial sale of its holdings in the portfolio company Aprea Therapeutics and receives a net of SEK 39 million

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN – July 8, 2020. Karolinska Development AB (Nasdaq Stockholm: KDEV) today announces that it has sold shares in the portfolio company Aprea Therapeutics, Inc. KCIF Co-investment Fund KB - a holding company jointly owned by the European Investment Fund and Karolinska Development - has sold shares in Aprea in the same transaction. In total, the transaction comprises 1 percent of the total outstanding shares in Aprea and brings net approx. SEK 39 million to Karolinska Development. After the transaction, Karolinska Development has a remaining holding in Aprea through KDev Investment, which remains unchanged at approximately 9.5 percent of the total number of outstanding shares in Aprea.

Aprea Therapeutics, Inc., listed on Nasdaq Global Select Market in New York, is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing novel cancer therapeutics that reactivate mutant tumor suppressor protein, p53. The company is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts with research facilities in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Viktor Drvota, CEO, Karolinska Development AB

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Fredrik Järrsten, CFO and deputy CEO, Karolinska Development AB

Phone: +46 70 496 46 28, e-mail:

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Karolinska Development AB (Nasdaq Stockholm: KDEV) is a Nordic life sciences investment company. The company focuses on identifying breakthrough medical innovations in the Nordic region that are developed by entrepreneurs and leadership teams. The Company invests in the creation and growth of companies that advance these assets into commercial products that are designed to make a difference to patients' lives while providing an attractive return on investment to shareholders.

Karolinska Development has access to world-class medical innovations at the Karolinska Institutet and other leading universities and research institutes in the Nordic region. The Company aims to build companies around scientists who are leaders in their fields, supported by experienced management teams and advisers, and co-funded by specialist international investors, to provide the greatest chance of success.

Karolinska Development has a portfolio of ten companies targeting opportunities in innovative treatment for life-threatening or serious debilitating diseases.

The Company is led by an entrepreneurial team of investment professionals with a proven track record as company builders and with access to a strong global network.

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This information is information that Karolinska Development AB (publ) (Nasdaq Stockholm: KDEV) is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation. The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of Viktor Drvota, at 8:30 CET on 8 July 2020.

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