PDMR Notification
Poolbeg Pharma plc
PDMR Notification
16 June 2026- Poolbeg Pharma (AIM: POLB, 'Poolbeg' or the 'Company'), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company with a core focus on transforming the cancer immunotherapy field, announces an update to the shareholding of Cathal Friel, Executive Chair.
Cathal is a director of Horizon Medical Technologies Limited ("Horizon"), an investment vehicle of which Raglan Road Capital Limited, a company 100% owned and controlled by Cathal Friel and his spouse, holds 89.5%. Horizon is a shareholder of Poolbeg, holding 1,552,931 shares, representing 0.22% of Poolbeg's issued share capital.
To date, 100% of Horizon's holdings in Poolbeg have been included as part of the reported ownership of Cathal Friel, given the magnitude of his holding in this vehicle. Horizon is now being wound down in an orderly manner, involving a fully solvent liquidation with all creditors paid in full and remaining cash paid to its shareholders to reduce the unnecessary administrative costs of maintaining Horizon as a standalone Company.
The Poolbeg shares held by Horizon will be distributed to the underlying shareholders in Horizon, with 162,775 Poolbeg shares being distributed to the 10.5% shareholders in Horizon, who are separate and independent from Cathal Friel. The remaining balance of 1,390,156 Poolbeg shares held by Horizon will be distributed directly to Cathal Friel's family vehicle Raglan Road Capital Limited.
Upon completion of this process, Cathal's total shareholding will be 41,056,982 ordinary shares, representing 5.82% of the issued share capital of the Company, and as a result of this transaction Cathal's beneficial shareholding has not changed and remains at 41,056,982 ordinary shares.
Enquiries
Poolbeg Pharma Plc
Jeremy Skillington, CEO
Ian O'Connell, CFO
+44 (0) 207 183 1499
Cavendish Capital Markets Ltd (NOMAD & Joint Broker)
Geoff Nash, Trisyia Jamaludin (Corporate Finance)
Nigel Birks (Life Science Specialist Sales)
Harriet Ward (ECM)
+44 (0) 207 220 0500
Shore Capital Stockbrokers Ltd (Joint Broker)
David Coaten, Harry Davies-Ball (Corporate Advisory)
Malachy McEntyre (Corporate Broking)
+44 (0) 207 408 4090
J&E Davy (Joint Broker)
Anthony Farrell, Niall Gilchrist
+353 (0) 1 679 6363
Optimum Strategic Communications
Nick Bastin, Katie Flint, Elena Bates
+44 (0) 208 078 4357
About Poolbeg Pharma plc
Poolbeg Pharma plc (AIM: POLB) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company with a core focus on transforming the cancer immunotherapy field. The Company's lead asset, POLB 001, has the potential to expand administration of cancer immunotherapies from centralised specialist cancer centres into community hospitals by making the treatments safer through the prevention of the life-threatening side effect, Cytokine Release Syndrome (CRS). As such, POLB 001 could increase the number of patients that can receive these life-saving treatments, thereby increasing the market opportunity. Poolbeg is also advancing the development of a patient-friendly therapy for obesity with an oral encapsulated GLP-1, offering a differentiated approach within one of the world's largest markets. With multiple near-term clinical value inflection points, and an experienced team with a proven track record, Poolbeg is focussed on partnering its high value programmes that are targeting large markets and addressing critical unmet medical needs.
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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 of PDMR
Cathal Friel
2
Reason for notification
a.
Position/Status
Executive Chair
b.
Initial notification/
Amendment
Initial notification
3
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a.
Name
Poolbeg Pharma plc
b.
LEI
213800UZ8WJLWYHBFL52
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 CodeOrdinary shares of £0.002 each
ISIN GB00BKPG7Z60
b.
Nature of the transaction
PDMR Notification
c.
Price(s) and volume(s)
Price(s)
Volume(s)
162,775
10.5%
d.
Aggregated information
- Aggregated Volume
- Price
As in 4c) above
e.
Date of the transaction
16.06.2026
f.
Place of the transaction
London Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON)
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