Share Options Awarded

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Bioventix plc announced on April 20, 2026, the award of share options under its 2020 Share Option Plan to its CEO, Peter Harrison, for 32,811 options at an exercise price of £17.75, bringing his total to 52,622, and to its CFO, Bruce Hiscock, for 9,967 options at the same exercise price, bringing his total to 14,394. These options vest between three and ten years and become exercisable upon the company achieving over £1.0 million in revenue from a commercial diagnostic partner for its neurological blood test.

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BioVentix PLC
20 April 2026
 

Bioventix plc 

("Bioventix" or "the Company") 

Share Options Awarded

Bioventix plc (BVXP), a UK company specialising in the development and commercial supply of high-affinity monoclonal antibodies for applications in clinical diagnostics, announces the award on 17 April 2026 of share options over ordinary shares in the Company (the "Options") under the Company's Share Option Plan in 2020 to the following directors, as follows:

Director

Position

Number of Options

Exercise Price

Total Number of Options held following this award

Peter Harrison

CEO

32,811

£17.75

52,622

Bruce Hiscock

CFO

9,967

£17.75

14,394

 

The Options vest between 3 and 10 years from grant and will become exercisable once the Company recognises revenue of greater than £1.0 million, as evidenced by audited financial statements prepared in accordance with UK GAAP, from a commercial diagnostic partner relating to its neurological blood test using the Company's sheep monoclonal antibody. The Options are subject to clawback and malus provisions.

 

The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulation ("MAR") EU no.596/2014. Upon the publication of this announcement via Regulatory Information Service ("RIS"), this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain. 

 

For further information please contact: 

Bioventix plc 

Peter Harrison 

 

Chief Executive Officer 

Tel: 01252 728 001 







Cavendish 

Geoff Nash / Elysia Bough

Nigel Birks / Harriet Ward 

 

Corporate Finance 

ECM 

Tel: 020 7220 0500 

 

 About Bioventix plc:

Bioventix (www.bioventix.com) specialises in the development and commercial supply of high-affinity monoclonal antibodies with a primary focus on their application in clinical diagnostics, such as in automated immunoassays used in blood testing. The antibodies created at Bioventix are generated in sheep and are of particular benefit where the target is present at low concentration and where conventional monoclonal or polyclonal antibodies have failed to produce a suitable reagent. Bioventix currently offers a portfolio of antibodies to customers for both commercial use and R&D purposes, for the diagnosis or monitoring of a broad range of conditions, including heart disease, cancer, fertility, thyroid function and drug abuse. Bioventix currently supplies antibody products and services to the majority of multinational clinical diagnostics companies. Bioventix is based in Farnham, UK and its shares are traded on AIM under the symbol BVXP.

 

 

The information below (set out in accordance with the requirements of UK Market Abuse Regulation) provides further detail:

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated

a)

Name

a)    Peter Harrison

b)    Bruce Hiscock

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

a)    CEO

b)    CFO

b)

Initial notification /Amendment

Initial Notification

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Bioventix plc

b)

LEI


213800225MHX7LZQY108


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 5 pence each

 

GB00B4QVDF07

b)

Nature of the transaction

Issue of Options

 

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Exercise Price(s)

Volume(s)

£17.75

£17.75

32,811

9,967

d)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

 

 

42,778

£17.75

 

e)

Date of the transaction

17 April 2026

f)

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue

g)

Additional Information

N/A

 

 

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