Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 8926B

Fusion Antibodies PLC

25 September 2018

 

Fusion Antibodies plc 

("Fusion" or the "Company")

25 September 2018

Director/PDMR Shareholding

Fusion Antibodies plc (AIM: FAB), a contract research organisation providing a range of antibody engineering services for the development of antibodies for both therapeutic drug and diagnostic applications, announces that it has been informed by Alan Mawson, a Non-Executive Director of the Company, that on 24 September 2018 he purchased 8,500 ordinary shares in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 67 pence per Ordinary Share via his personal pension scheme.  Following this purchase, Mr Mawson has a direct beneficial interest in 38,988 Ordinary Shares, equivalent to 0.18% of the Company's issued share capital.  Alan Mawson is also a non-executive director of Clarendon Fund Managers Limited ("Clarendon") and sits on Clarendon's investment committee. Clarendon is the fund manager for Nitech Growth Fund LP which holds 358,850 Ordinary Shares and Viridian Growth Fund LP which holds 1,831,500 Ordinary Shares.

In addition, the Company has been informed that today Richard Buick, Chief Technical Officer of the Company has purchased 3,000 Ordinary Shares at a price of 70.42 pence per Ordinary Share. Following this purchase, Richard Buick holds 515,125 Ordinary Shares in the Company, representing approximately 2.33 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital.

The Company has also been informed that today Sonya Ferguson, Non-Executive Director of the Company has purchased 15,307 Ordinary Shares at a price of 65 pence per Ordinary Share. Following this purchase, Sonya Ferguson holds 30,900 Ordinary Shares in the Company, representing approximately 0.14 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital.

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Dr Alan Mawson
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	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 in Fusion Antibodies PLC Identification code (ISIN) for Fusion Antibodies PLC ordinary shares: GB00BDQZGK16
b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 67p 8,500
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	n/a
e)	Date of the transaction	24 September 2018
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, XLON

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Dr Richard John Buick
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Technical Officer
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 in Fusion Antibodies PLC Identification code (ISIN) for Fusion Antibodies PLC ordinary shares: GB00BDQZGK16
b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 70.42p 3,000
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	n/a
e)	Date of the transaction	25 September 2018
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, XLON

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Sonya Maria Ferguson
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	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 in Fusion Antibodies PLC Identification code (ISIN) for Fusion Antibodies PLC ordinary shares: GB00BDQZGK16
b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 65p 15,307
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	n/a
e)	Date of the transaction	25 September 2018
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, XLON

  Enquiries:

Fusion Antibodies plc		www.fusionantibodies.com
Dr Paul Kerr, Chief Executive Officer		Via Walbrook PR
James Fair, Chief Financial Officer
Allenby Capital Limited		Tel: [phone]
Virginia Bull / James Reeve / Asha Chotai
Walbrook PR	Tel: [phone] or [e-mail]
Paul McManus	Mob: [phone]
Anna Dunphy	Mob: [phone]

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 over 250 antibodies and successfully completed over 100 humanisation projects for its international, blue-chip client base, which includes 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. It was initially a drug development business but revised its operations to focus on CRO work in 2011. The Company has a highly experienced management team with a combined 47 years' experience in the biopharma industry.

The global monoclonal antibody therapeutics market, which accounted for 43 per cent. of the global biologics market in 2016, was valued at between $85.4 billion and $86.7 billion in 2015 and is forecast to increase at a CAGR of between 8.2 per cent. and 12.2 per cent. for the period 2016 to 2024.

 

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