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RNS Number : 5053T Eden Research plc 18 February 2026
18 February 2026
Eden Research plc
("Eden Research" or the "Company")
Result of General Meeting, Director Shareholdings and Total Voting Rights
Eden Research plc (AIM: EDEN), a leader in sustainable biopesticide and
biocontrol technologies, announces that all resolutions put to Shareholders at
the General Meeting held earlier today in connection with the Placing,
Subscription and Retail Offer, as announced by the Company on 2 February 2026,
were duly passed.
The total number of votes received by proxy on each resolution, as more fully
disclosed in the Notice of General Meeting available on the Company's website,
was as follows:
Resolution For Against Withheld
Number of votes % Number of votes % Number of votes %
1 To authorise the Directors to allot relevant securities for cash up to an 181,446,156 99.51% 901,567 0.49% 2,033,070 -
aggregate nominal amount of £2,787,500, being equal to 278,750,000 New
Ordinary Shares
2 To authorise the Directors to allot 278,750,000 New Ordinary Shares on a 181,338,467 99.45% 1,001,567 0.55% 2,040,759 -
non-pre-emptive basis
· A vote Withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the
calculation of the votes cast For or Against the resolution, nor in the
calculation of the percentage of issued share capital voted for any
resolution.
· Votes For and Against are expressed as a percentage of votes
validly cast for that resolution by proxy, excluding any Withheld votes.
Director Shareholdings
The following Directors subscribed for New Ordinary Shares pursuant to the
Fundraising. The number of new Ordinary Shares subscribed for by each Director
and their resulting shareholdings upon Admission are set out below:
Name Number of existing Ordinary Shares Number of Firm Shares subscribed for ((1)) Number of Ordinary Shares held following Admission
Lykele van der Broek 2,357,808 1,125,000 3,482,808
Sean Smith 3,059,768 500,000 3,559,768
Alex Abrey 3,181,678 500,000 3,681,678
Derek McAllan 843,627 250,000 1,093,627
(1) The number of Ordinary Shares presented in this table as being held or
subscribed for by Directors refers to the number of Ordinary Shares held or
subscribed for by them either personally or through a nominee.
The notifications below, made in accordance with the requirements of the UK
Market Abuse Regulation, provide further details.
Admission and Total Voting Rights
Following shareholder approval at the general meeting and conditional on First
Admission, a total of 80,010,471 New Ordinary Shares (comprising 74,875,000
Firm Placing Shares, 1,375,000 Firm Subscription Shares and 3,760,471 Retail
Offer Shares will be admitted to trading on AIM ("Admission") at 8.00 a.m. on
or around 19 February 2026.
Following First Admission, the total number of Ordinary Shares in the capital
of the Company in issue will be 613,362,994 with each Ordinary Share carrying
the right to one vote. There are no shares held in treasury and therefore,
following Admission, the total number of voting rights in the Company will be
613,362,994.
The above figure may be used by Shareholders as the denominator for the
calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their
interest in, or a change to their interest in, the share capital of the
Company under the FCA's Disclosure, Guidance and Transparency Rules.
Capitalised terms used in this announcement have the meaning given to them in
the announcement dated 2 February 2026 and 6 February 2026, unless otherwise
defined in this announcement.
Enquiries:
Eden Research plc www.edenresearch.com (http://www.edenresearch.com/)
Sean Smith 01285 359 555
Alex Abrey
Cavendish Capital Markets Limited (Nominated advisor and joint broker)
Giles Balleny / Elysia Bough (Corporate Finance) 020 7220 0500
Harriet Ward (Corporate Broking)
Dale Bellis (Sales)
Oberon Capital (Joint Broker) 020 3179 5300
Nick Lovering
Mike Seabrook
Adam Pollock
Hawthorn Advisors (Financial PR)
Victoria Ainsworth eden@hawthornadvisors.com
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging
managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them.
1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely
associated
a) Name 1. Lykele van der Broek
2. Sean Smith
3. Alex Abrey
4. Derek McAllan
2 Reason for the notification
a) Position/status 1. Chairman
2. Chief Executive Officer
3. Chief Financial Officer
4. Non-Executive Director
b) Initial notification /Amendment Initial notification
3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction
platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a) Name Eden Research plc
b) LEI 213800ZWTYTVQQSM3J85
4 Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of
instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each
place where transactions have been conducted
a) Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Ordinary Shares of 1 pence each
Identification code
GB0001646941
b) Nature of the transaction 1 & 4: Subscription for New Ordinary Shares
2 & 3: Subscription for New Ordinary Shares through Placing
c) Price(s) and volume(s)
Price Volume
1 4 pence 1,125,000
2 4 pence 500,000
3 4 pence 500,000
4 4 pence 250,000
d) Aggregated information N/A - single transaction
- Aggregated volume
- Price
e) Date of the transaction 18 February 2026
f) Place of the transaction Outside a trading venue
d)
Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
N/A - single transaction
e)
Date of the transaction
18 February 2026
f)
Place of the transaction
Outside a trading venue
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