REG - Novacyt S.A. - Directorate Change

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10/11/2022 07:00

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RNS Number : 9117F  Novacyt S.A.  10 November 2022

 

Novacyt S.A.

("Novacyt", the "Company" or the "Group")

 

 Directorate change

 

Paris, France and Camberley, UK - 10 November 2022 - Novacyt (EURONEXT GROWTH:
ALNOV; AIM: NCYT), an international specialist in clinical diagnostics,
announces that David Allmond is stepping down as Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
and a member of the Board of Novacyt, with immediate effect, to enable him to
pursue other business opportunities. James McCarthy, currently the Company's
Chief Financial Officer (CFO), will assume the role of Acting CEO until a
successor is appointed. Steve Gibson, Group Finance Director, will take on a
substantial part of the CFO responsibilities to assist James in this period.

 

The Company remains focused on executing its post-COVID-19 growth strategy to
become a leading, global clinical diagnostics company in the fight against
infectious diseases through product portfolio expansion, geographic expansion,
and business development.

 

James Wakefield, Non-Executive Chairman of Novacyt, commented:

"On behalf of the Board, I would like to thank Dave for his focus on helping
to formulate a post-COVID-19 strategy for the Company and wish him well in his
future endeavours. We will continue to progress this strategy to become a
leading, global clinical diagnostics company in the fight against infectious
diseases."

 

The information contained within this Announcement is deemed by the Company to
constitute inside information as stipulated under Article 7 of the Market
Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 (as amended) as it forms part of the
domestic law of the United Kingdom by virtue of the European Union
(Withdrawal) Act 2018 (as amended). Upon the publication of this Announcement
via the Regulatory Information Service, this inside information is now
considered to be in the public domain.

 

 

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Contacts

Novacyt SA

James Wakefield, Non-Executive Chairman

James McCarthy, Acting Chief Executive Officer

+44 (0)1276 600081

 

SP Angel Corporate Finance LLP (Nominated Adviser and Broker)

Matthew Johnson / Charlie Bouverat (Corporate Finance)

Vadim Alexandre / Rob Rees (Corporate Broking)

+44 (0)20 3470 0470

 

Numis (Joint Broker)

Freddie Barnfield / James Black

+44 (0)20 7260 1000

 

Allegra Finance (French Listing Sponsor)

Rémi Durgetto / Yannick Petit

+33 (1) 42 22 10 10

r.durgetto@allegrafinance.com (mailto:r.durgetto@allegrafinance.com) /
y.petit@allegrafinance.com (mailto:y.petit@allegrafinance.com)

 

FTI Consulting (International)

Victoria Foster Mitchell / Alex Shaw

+44 (0)20 3727 1000

victoria.fostermitchell@fticonsulting.com
(mailto:victoria.fostermitchell@fticonsulting.com) /
Alex.Shaw@fticonsulting.com (mailto:Alex.Shaw@fticonsulting.com) /
Novacyt.group@fticonsulting.com (mailto:Novacyt.group@fticonsulting.com)

 

FTI Consulting (France)

Arnaud de Cheffontaines

+33 (0)147 03 69 48

arnaud.decheffontaines@fticonsulting.com
(mailto:arnaud.decheffontaines@fticonsulting.com)

 

About Novacyt Group

The Novacyt Group is an international diagnostics business generating an
increasing portfolio of in vitro and molecular diagnostic tests. Its core
strengths lie in diagnostics product development, commercialisation, contract
design and manufacturing. The Company supplies an extensive range of
high-quality assays and reagents worldwide. The Group directly serves
microbiology, haematology and serology markets as do its global partners,
which include major corporates.

 

For more information, please refer to the website: www.novacyt.com
(http://www.novacyt.com)

 

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