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Subsequent events
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2021
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12Subsequent event

Business combination

On June 22, 2021, the Company announced that it entered into a definitive transaction agreement under which the Company will acquire Corlieve Therapeutics S.A.S. (“Corlieve”, together the “Corlieve Transaction”). The Corlieve Transaction has been approved by the Boards of both companies and does not require the Company’s shareholder approval. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions as well as review by the French Ministry of Economy, Finance and Recovery (Ministère de l’Economie, des Finances et de la Relance) pursuant to articles L.151-3 and R.151-1 and seq. of the French Code Monétaire et Financier. Currently, the transaction is anticipated to be completed early in the third quarter of 2021.

The Corlieve Transaction strengthens the Company’s pre-clinical program pipeline. Corlieve’s lead gene therapy program employs miRNA silencing technology to target suppression of aberrantly expressed kainate receptors in the hippocampus of patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (“TLE”) and will be known as AMT-260.

Upon closing of the Corlieve Transaction, the Company expects to pay EUR 46.3 million in cash. The Company will fund the acquisition from its cash position. Corlieve’s shareholders are eligible to receive the following additional payments of which up to 25% will be payable in the Company’s ordinary shares at the Company’s election: up to EUR 43.7 million in development milestones through Phase I/II and EUR 160.0 million in milestones associated with Phase III development and the approvals of AMT-260 in the U.S and European Union.

The Corlieve Transaction is expected to be accounted for as a business combination, which requires that assets acquired and liabilities assumed be recognized at their fair value as of the acquisition date.