Calliditas Therapeutics takes certain corporate actions following announcement by Asahi Kasei

Stockholm, Sweden, September 3, 2024 – Following the announcement by Asahi Kasei Corporation (“Asahi Kasei”) on September 2, 2024 that it controls more than 90 percent of the outstanding shares of Calliditas Therapeutics AB (Nasdaq: CALT) (“Calliditas” or the “Company”), and declared its offers to purchase all of the outstanding Common Shares and ADSs of Calliditas unconditional and intends to initiate compulsory redemption of the remaining shares of the Company, the Board of Directors of Calliditas has resolved, in accordance with a request from Asahi Kasei, to take certain corporate actions.

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