FSD Pharma Completes Name Change to Quantum BioPharma and 65:1 Consolidation - Trading Under New Ticker Symbol "QNTM"
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - August 15, 2024) - Quantum BioPharma Ltd. (NASDAQ: QNTM) (CSE: QNTM) ("Quantum BioPharma" or the "Company"), formerly FSD Pharma Inc., a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to building a portfolio of innovative assets and biotech solutions, is pleased to announce that, further to its press release dated August 9, 2024 (the "August 9th Press Release"), effective today the Name Change (as defined in August 9th Press Release) and the Consolidation (as defined in August 9th Press Release) has been completed. The Company's expects that its class B subordinate voting shares ("Class B Subordinate Voting Shares") will commence trading under the new ticker symbol "QNTM" at the market open today on The Nasdaq Capital Market and the Canadian Securities Exchange, on a 65:1 post-Consolidation basis.
Upon Company's new CUSIP and ISIN for the Class B Subordinate Voting Shares are 74764Y205 and CA74764Y2050, respectively.
After giving effect to the Consolidation, the Class B Subordinate Voting Shares were reduced from 84,531,149 to approximately 1,300,727 Class B Subordinate Voting Shares and the class A multiple voting shares ("Class A Multiple Voting Shares") were reduced from 72 to 2 Class A Multiple Voting Shares. No fractional Class A Multiple Voting Shares and Class B Subordinate Voting Shares were issued in connection with the Consolidation. Instead, all fractional Class A Multiple Voting Shares or Class B Subordinate Voting Shares were rounded up to the nearest whole number. The exercise price and/or conversion price and number of Class B Subordinate Voting Shares issuable under any of the Company's outstanding convertible securities were proportionately adjusted in connection with the Consolidation.
Marrelli Trust Company Limited, the Company's registrar and transfer agent, has mailed letters of transmittal to registered shareholders providing instructions for the exchange of their Class B Subordinate Voting Shares as soon as practicable following the effective date. Registered shareholders may also obtain a copy of the letter of transmittal by accessing the Company's SEDAR+ profile at www.sedarplus.ca. Until surrendered, each Class B Subordinate Voting Share certificate or direct registration system statement representing pre-Consolidation Class B Subordinate Voting Shares will represent the number of whole post-Consolidation Class B Subordinate Voting Shares to which the holder is entitled as a result of the Consolidation. No action is required by beneficial holders to receive post-consolidation Class B Subordinate Voting Shares in connection with the Consolidation. Beneficial holders who hold their Class B Subordinate Voting Shares through intermediaries (e.g., a broker, bank, trust company investment dealer or other financial institution) and who have questions regarding how the Consolidation will be processed should contact their intermediaries with respect to the Consolidation.