Redemption of Unsecured CLNs and Director Dealing

Ananda Pharma PLC

03 December 2025

 

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS INSIDE INFORMATION FOR THE PURPOSES OF ARTICLE 7 OF REGULATION 2014/596/EU, WHICH IS PART OF UNITED KINGDOM DOMESTIC LAW PURSUANT TO THE MARKET ABUSE (AMENDMENT) (EU EXIT) REGULATIONS (SI 2019/310) ("UK MAR"). UPON THE PUBLICATION OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, THIS INSIDE INFORMATION (AS DEFINED IN UK MAR) IS NOW CONSIDERED TO BE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.

03 December 2025

ANANDA PHARMA PLC 

("Ananda" or the "Company") 

Redemption of Unsecured Convertible Loan Notes and Director Dealing

Ananda Pharma plc (AQSE: ANA, OTC: ANANF),  a UK-based biopharmaceutical company developing regulatory approved, cannabidiol medicines to treat complex, chronic conditions, announces the automatic redemption of the 600,000 of £1 each denomination unsecured, interest bearing convertible loan notes (the "CLNs") issued by the Company in September 2023 (https://investors.anandapharma.co.uk/announcements/5456547). The Company has issued 150,000,000 Ordinary Shares at a deemed conversion price of £0.004 per Ordinary Share. The accrued interest of £233,843.02 will remain as unsecured debt. As Charles Morgan was the holder of 300,000 CLNs, he will become interested in a further 75,000,000 Ordinary Shares.

Holding in Company

Following the issue of the 75,000,000 Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Convertible loan note redemption, Mr Charles Morgan will hold 2,503,875,896 Ordinary Shares representing 56.28 per cent. of the share capital as enlarged by the issue of the Ordinary Shares to satisfy the CLN redemption, as detailed above.

The Company announced on 24 November 2025 that it would be seeking approval from its shareholders to delist from the Aquis exchange. If shareholders approve the delisting at the general meeting to be held on 12 December 2025, then the delisting will be effective at 8.00 a.m. on 22 December 2025.

Admission and Total Voting Rights

An application has been made to the Aquis Stock Exchange for 150,000,000 Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AQSE with effect from 8 a.m. on or around 9^th December 2025 ("Admission"). The new Ordinary Shares will rank pari passu with the existing Ordinary Shares.

Following Admission, the Company will have 4,449,146,581 Ordinary Shares in issue, each share carrying the right to one vote. This figure of 4, 449,146,581 Ordinary Shares may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

About Ananda Pharma

Ananda Pharma (AQSE: ANA) is a UK-based biopharmaceutical company developing regulatory approved, cannabidiol medicines to treat complex, chronic conditions, including endometriosis (funded by NHS Scotland) and chemotherapy pain (funded by NIHR).  The Company is led by successful entrepreneurs and is working with a team of world-class scientists, including globally respected Key Opinion Leaders at the University of Edinburgh.

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For the purposes of UK MAR, the Directors of the Company accept responsibility for the contents of this announcement.  

ANANDA PHARMA PLC	[phone]
	[e-mail]
Chief Executive Officer
Melissa Sturgess
Finance Director
Jeremy Sturgess-Smith
SP ANGEL CORPORATE FINANCE LLP
Corporate Finance	[phone]
Richard Morrison
Josh Ray
Corporate Broking	[phone]
Vadim Alexandre	[e-mail]
Abigail Wayne	[e-mail]
Rob Rees	[e-mail]

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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	Charles Morgan
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chairman
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer, or auction monitor
a)	Name	Ananda Pharma plc
b)	LEI	894500DFM8VOC5FW4X47
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 0.2p each ISIN: GB00BDQPXQ60
b)	Nature of the transaction	Issue of Ordinary Shares from CLN conversion
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Date Price (p) Volume 1.12.24 0.4 75,000,000
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	75,000,000 Ordinary Shares £0.004 per Ordinary Share
e)	Date of the transaction	1 December 2025
f)	Place of the transaction	AQSE

 

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