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ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION  
ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

1. ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

Adagene Inc. (the “Company”) is a limited liability company incorporated in the Cayman Islands on February 25, 2011. The Company, together with its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Group”), are principally engaged in research, development and production of monoclonal antibody drugs for cancers.

On February 8, 2021, the Company’s registration statement relating to its initial public offering (“IPO”) of its American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and the shares of its ADSs began trading on the NASDAQ Global Market on February 9, 2021. The public offering price of the ADSs sold in the IPO was $19.00 per ADS. The IPO closed on February 11, 2021, pursuant to which the Company issued 8,457,100 ADSs, including the exercise in full of the underwriters’ option to purchase 1,103,100 additional ADSs from the Company. The Company received net proceeds of approximately $145.9 million, after underwriting discounts, commissions and estimated offering expenses. Each ADS represents one and one quarter (1.25) ordinary shares of the Company. Upon the completion of the IPO, all outstanding shares of the convertible redeemable preferred shares were converted into ordinary shares.

As of December 31, 2022, the Company’s principal subsidiaries are as follows:

Percentage of legal

Date of

Place of

ownership

Entity

    

incorporation

    

incorporation

    

by the Company

    

Principal activities

Adagene (Hong Kong) Limited

December 12, 2011

 

Hong Kong

 

100

%  

Investment holding

Adagene Incorporated

September 20, 2017

 

The United States of America

 

100

%  

Research and development of innovative medicines

Adagene (Suzhou) Limited

February 28, 2012

 

The People’s Republic of China (“PRC” or “China”)

 

100

%  

Research and development of innovative medicines

Adagene Australia PTY Ltd.

May 30, 2018

Australia

100

%

Research and development of innovative medicines

Adagene PTE. Ltd.

March 27, 2020

Singapore

100

%

Research and development of innovative medicines

Adagene AG

August 31, 2020

 

Switzerland

 

100

%  

Research and development of innovative medicines

Adagene Project C1 PTE. Ltd.

March 25, 2022

 

Singapore

 

100

%  

Research and development of innovative medicines