Issue of Equity

RNS Number : 9215X
Avacta Group PLC
03 September 2015
 



3 September 2015


 

Avacta Group plc

 

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

 

Issue of Equity

 

Avacta Group plc (AIM: AVCT), the global provider of proprietary diagnostic tools, consumables and reagents for life sciences, today announces that 500,000 Ordinary Shares of 0.1p ("new Ordinary Shares") have been issued by the Company pursuant to the exercise of share options by an employee.

 

Application will be made for the new Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM and dealings are expected to commence on 8 September 2015.

 

The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue following the above issue will be 6,740,149,550 each with voting rights.  No Ordinary Shares are held in Treasury.

 

The above figure of 6,740,149,550 shares 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 Company under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

 

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For further information:

 

Avacta Group plc

Alastair Smith, Chief Executive Officer

Tim Sykes, Chief Financial Officer

 

Tel:  +44 (0) 844 414 0452

www.avacta.com

Numis Securities Limited    

Michael Meade / Freddie Barnfield - Nominated Adviser

James Black - Corporate Broking

 

Tel:  +44 (0) 207 260 1000

www.numiscorp.com

Media Enquiries

FTI Consulting

Simon Conway / Natalie Garland-Collins

Tel: +44 (0) 20 3727 1000

avacta@fticonsulting.com

 

About Avacta Group plc - www.avacta.com

 

Avacta Group plc is a global provider of innovative technologies, consumables and reagents for the life science markets, from drug discovery to diagnostics. Avacta operates through two divisions:

 

Avacta Animal Health

www.avactaanimalhealth.com

Veterinary diagnostics reference laboratory and diagnostic kit provider.

 

Avacta Life Sciences

www.avactalifesciences.com

 

Novel non-antibody affinity reagents called Affimers, with a wide range of Life Science applications in diagnostics, drug and biomarker discover and biotech research and development.

 


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