Fusion Antibodies - Issue of shares to non-executive directors

Fusion Antibodies

07/05/2025 07:00

RNS Number : 5778H

Fusion Antibodies PLC

07 May 2025

 

The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse (amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019/310 ("MAR"). With the publication of this announcement via a Regulatory Information Service, this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain.

 

7 May 2025

 

Fusion Antibodies plc

("Fusion" or the "Company")

 

Issue of shares to non-executive directors

 

Fusion Antibodies plc (AIM: FAB), specialists in pre-clinical antibody discovery, engineering and supply for both therapeutic drug and diagnostic applications, announces the issue of new ordinary shares of 4p each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") to certain non-executive directors of the Company in satisfaction of part of their salary and fees for the six-month period ended 31 March 2025.

 

As disclosed in the Company's annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 March 2024 (as announced on 5 September 2024), the Company's non-executive directors agreed to receive part of their salary in new Ordinary Shares until the end of the financial year ending 31 March 2025 ("FY25"), in order to assist the Company as it continues to carefully control its cash flows.

 

In total, 338,113 new Ordinary Shares have been issued (the "Director Shares") at a deemed issue price of 6.1p per Ordinary Share, being the closing mid-market price of an Ordinary Share on the date of grant, as follows:

 

Director
Amount of salary/fees received in Director Shares
No. of Director Shares
Total holding of Ordinary Shares post issue
Percentage of enlarged share capital
Simon Douglas
£3,750
61,475
1,061,0621
0.93%
Colin Walsh2
£13,500
221,311
3,109,1123
2.74%
Matthew Baker
£3,375
55,327
292,902
0.26%

 

1 Excludes Ordinary Shares held by relatives of Simon Douglas.

2 Held by Walsh Strategic Management Limited, a company controlled by Colin Walsh

3 Includes 600,000 Ordinary Shares already held by Walsh Strategic Management Limited, a company controlled by Colin Walsh and 1,400,000 Ordinary Shares held by Hamniv (GP) Limited, a subsidiary of Crescent Capital NI Limited ("Crescent Capital"). Colin Walsh is the Chief Executive and founder of Crescent Capital.

 

Admission to trading on AIM

 

Application has been made to the London Stock Exchange plc for the Director Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM ("Admission"). It is anticipated that Admission will become effective and that dealings in the Director Shares will commence on AIM at 8.00 a.m. on or around 12 May 2025.

 

Total voting rights

 

On Admission, the Company will have 113,656,253 Ordinary Shares in issue, each with one voting right.  There are no shares held in treasury. Therefore, the Company's total number of Ordinary Shares in issue and voting rights will be 113,656,253 and this figure may be used by Shareholders from Admission 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 Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

 

Enquiries: 

 

Investor questions on this announcement
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Fusion Antibodies plc
www.fusionantibodies.com
Adrian Kinkaid, Chief Executive Officer
Stephen Smyth, Chief Financial Officer
Via Walbrook PR
Allenby Capital Limited
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3328 5656
James Reeve/Vivek Bhardwaj (Corporate Finance)
Tony Quirke/Joscelin Pinnington (Sales and Corporate Broking)
Shard Capital Partners LLP
Damon Heath (Joint Broker)
Tel: +44 (0) 207 186 9952
Walbrook PR
Tel: +44 (0)20 7933 8780 or fusion@walbrookpr.com
Anna Dunphy
Mob: +44 (0)7876 741 001


 

 

About Fusion Antibodies plc

 

Fusion is a Belfast based contract research organisation ("CRO") providing a range of antibody engineering services for the development of antibodies for both therapeutic drug and diagnostic applications.

 

The Company's ordinary shares were admitted to trading on AIM on 18 December 2017. Fusion provides a broad range of services in antibody generation, development, production, characterisation and optimisation. These services include antigen expression, antibody production, purification and sequencing, antibody humanisation using Fusion's proprietary CDRx TM platform and the production of antibody generating stable cell lines to provide material for use in clinical trials. Since 2012, the Company has successfully sequenced and expressed over 250 antibodies and successfully completed over 200 humanisation projects and has an international, blue-chip client base, which has included eight of the top 10 global pharmaceutical companies by revenue.

 

The Company was established in 2001 as a spin out from Queen's University Belfast. The Company's mission is to enable pharmaceutical and diagnostic companies to develop innovative products in a timely and cost-effective manner for the benefit of the global healthcare industry. Fusion Antibodies provides a broad range of services in antibody generation, development, production, characterisation and optimisation.

 

Fusion Antibodies growth strategy is based on combining the latest technological advances with cutting edge science to deliver new platforms that will enable Pharma and Biotech companies get to the clinic faster, with the optimal drug candidate and ultimately speed up the drug development process. 

 

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. Simon Douglas
2. Colin Walsh
3. Matthew Baker
2
Reason for the notification
a)
Position/status
1. Non-Executive Chair
2. Non-Executive Director
3. 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
Fusion Antibodies plc
b)
LEI
213800KBAYRC9VOQ9V39
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
Identification code
Ordinary shares of 4p each ("Ordinary Shares") in Fusion Antibodies plc
Identification code (ISIN) for Fusion Antibodies plc ordinary shares: GB00BDQZGK16
b)
Nature of the transaction
Issue of Ordinary Shares in lieu of salary
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
Price(s)
Volume(s)
1. 6.1p
2. 6.1p
3. 6.1p
1. 61,475
2. 221,331
3. 55,327
d)
Aggregated information:
- Aggregated volume
- Price
N/A
e)
Date of the transaction
6 May 2025
f)
Place of the transaction
Outside of a trading venue

 

 

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