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OptiBiotix Health PLC Half-year Report (0641I)

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OptiBiotix Health PLC

25 August 2016

25 August 2016

OptiBiotix Health plc

("OptiBiotix" or the "Company")

Half Yearly Report

OptiBiotix Health plc (AIM: OPTI), a Life Sciences business developing compounds to tackle obesity, high cholesterol and diabetes, announces its results for the six months ended 31 May 2016. OptiBiotix has made strong progress during this period in its strategy of developing compounds which modify the human Microbiome and commercialising these through partnering with food, health, wellbeing and pharmaceutical companies.

Highlights

   --     Successful placing to raise GBP1m from the placing of 1,282,051 new ordinary shares at 78p 

-- A substantive increase in IP portfolio which now covers 44 patents across 14 families, 8 strain registrations, and 7 trademarks

   --     Commercial agreement signed with KSF Acquisition UK Limited (brand owners of Slimfast) 

-- Commercial agreement signed with DSM (the world's leading supplier of nutritional ingredients)

   --     Appointment of Professor Tim Spector to the Scientific Advisory Group 

-- Acquisition of skin Microbiome intellectual property and creation of a majority owned joint venture ('JV') called SkinBiotix Limited with The University of Manchester

   --     Second contract signed for the development of SweetBiotix(R) 
   --     Strong scientific progress across its platform technologies including:- 

-- The development of Microbiome modulators which can increase the growth rate and biological activity of specific microbial species in the human Microbiome

-- The development of sweet natural healthy sugars (SweetBiotix(R)) with safety and sweetness confirmed by human taste studies

Post-period end highlights

   --      New patent filing to protect combination ingredients to reduce cardiovascular risk factors 
   --      Successful launch and sales of Slimbiome(R) in GoFigure(R) shakes and bars 
   --      Appointment of Luis Gosalbez as Director of Business Development 
   --      First products on the shelves in Whole Foods Market Inc. 

Stephen O'Hara, CEO of OptiBiotix commented: "OptiBiotix has made significant progress in the last six months advancing our development programmes, building our IP portfolio, and signing commercial agreements with two multinationals. We are delighted to have GoFigure products containing SlimBiome on the shelves in a major retail chain with strong early sales and great customer feedback suggesting a high likelihood of success. I would like to thank our investors for their support, and look forward to an exciting and rewarding rest of 2016."

 
  OptiBiotix Health plc                                             www.optibiotix.com 
  Stephen O'Hara, Chief Executive                           Contact via Walbrook below 
 
  Cairn Financial Advisers                                          Tel: 020 7148 7900 
   LLP (Nomad) 
  Liam Murray 
 
  Hybridan LLP (Joint Broker)                                       Tel: 020 3764 2341 
  Claire Louise Noyce 
 
  Peterhouse Corporate Finance                                      Tel: 020 7469 0936 
   Ltd (Joint Broker) 
  Lucy Williams / Duncan 
   Vasey 
 
  Walbrook PR Ltd                      Tel: 020 7933 8780 or optibiotix@walbrookpr.com 
  Anna Dunphy                                                       Mob: 07876 741 001 
 
 

Chairman's and Chief Executive Statement

We are pleased to present OptiBiotix Health plc's Half Yearly report for the six month period ended 31 May 2016.

OptiBiotix has made strong progress during this period in its strategy of developing compounds which modify the human Microbiome and commercialising these through partnering with food, health, wellbeing, and pharmaceutical companies.

Key achievements

During the period to date we have achieved a number of key objectives which continue to build shareholder value. These include:-

-- A fundraising in February 2016 which raised GBP1m from the placing of 1,282,051 new ordinary shares at 78p to capitalise on the growing number of opportunities arising in the Microbiome space.

-- A substantive increase in our IP portfolio which now covers 44 patents across 14 families, 8 strain registrations, and 7 trademarks.

-- The completion of two commercial agreements with multinationals, the first with KSF, owners of the Slimfast brand; the second with DSM, the world's leading supplier of nutritional ingredients.

-- The appointment of Tim Spector, author of the Diet Myth, to our Scientific Advisory Group, opening up opportunities for new collaborations and bringing an ability to communicate complex scientific data to a wider public

-- Acquisition of the exclusive rights to intellectual property developed by The University of Manchester in skin health, creating a majority owned joint venture ('JV') called SkinBiotix Limited

-- The development of sweet calorie free natural healthy sugars (SweetBiotix(R)) with safety and sweetness confirmed by human taste studies

-- The development of OptiBiotics(R), sugars which can modulate the growth rate and biological activity of specific strains in the Microbiome accentuating their functional properties and health benefits. This creates the opportunity for targeted modulation of the Microbiome and has the potential to substantially increase the Company's value

Results

OptiBiotix results for the six months ended 31 May 2016 are set out in the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income. It shows a loss after tax for the period of GBP0.61 million. The loss after tax and after adding back the non-cash items, amortisation charge and share based payment expense was GBP0.55 million. Cashflow remains tightly controlled with a focus on building shareholder value through investment in R&D, IP, and in licensing opportunities. The Group's cash position remains strong at GBP3.55 million which is sufficient to fund its existing research and development programmes.

Board and Management

We believe that we have a well-balanced Board with a focus on the domain expertise in the founder and Chief Executive Stephen O'Hara, Commercial Director Jim Laird, Non-Executive Director Dr Gareth Barker and Dr Sofia Kolida as Director of Research and Development. This was supplemented in November 2015 with the appointment of Peter Wennström, one of the world's leading experts in functional food innovation and marketing, as a Non-Executive Director. They have been complemented by the CFO Mark Collingbourne, Adam Reynolds and David Evans as Chairman.

We anticipate further additions to the management team and the Board, which will evolve in line with the continued growth and development of the Company.

David Evans is stepping down from the Board as of today reflecting a personal desire to reduce his overall number of commitments. Adam Reynolds will assume the role of Chairman in the interim. The Board would like to take this opportunity to thank David Evans for his substantial effort, contribution and support since the conception of the Company through to its admission to AIM in July 2014.

Outlook

The last six months has seen increased research interest in the Microbiome and a growing number of publications showing its potential to prevent, manage, and treat human disease. With the US Government announcing a $0.5bn Microbiome initiative in the spring of 2016 we anticipate further discoveries, media interest, and opportunities across a wider range of diseases including cancers, autism, multiple sclerosis, and Alzheimer's disease. This has led to growth forecasts for the Human Microbiome Market of a CAGR of 22.3% (Markets and Markets) with commentators describing the opportunities open to Microbiome companies as being in the region of trillion dollars. Whilst accurate figures are not known, these forecasts reflect industry sentiment on the scale of the opportunity.

OptiBiotix has benefited from this interest in the Microbiome with a number of industry features in the mainstream press. With a growing portfolio of products reaching commercialisation in high public interest areas we anticipate further industry coverage throughout 2016.

OptiBiotix recognised the potential of the Microbiome and raised additional funding in February 2016 to leverage its existing technology platforms and extend its reach into other application areas and capitalise on developing opportunities. This led to the acquisition of intellectual property developed by The University of Manchester in skin health, creating a majority owned joint venture ('JV') called SkinBiotix Limited. This is expected to create new product opportunities in multi-billion dollar global markets including Skincare ($121bn), Health Care Acquired Infections ($82bn), Eczema ($3.8bn), Psoriasis ($7.4bn), and Wound care ($18.3bn). The opportunity in this area was highlighted by Lord O'Neill's report into Antimicrobial resistance in May 2016 which identified the high human (50,000 lives) and financial ($1bn) costs to health services annually. Since the creation of the JV with The University of Manchester, SkinBiotix has identified and patented microbial proteins which have the potential to prevent Health Care Acquired Infections ("HCAI") caused by antimicrobial resistant ("AMR") superbugs such as MRSA. These proteins prevent skin damage, stop pathogenic bacteria from growing, and prevent it from reattaching, reducing the risk of reinfection with AMR superbugs. OptiBiotix's Board see this as an exciting advance on existing therapies and the skin Microbiome as a significant growth opportunity.

The addition of skin Microbiome technology creates four divisions each with its own technology platform and development programmes designed to create commercial products with an established scientific evidence base and proof of human efficacy. As these divisions grow in substance and start making a significant contribution to group earnings we will consider forming new legal entities with the potential for a separate public listing. The Board believe that shareholder value could be maximised by adopting such a strategy whereby existing shareholders could, in the event of a successful flotation, ultimately hold shares directly in OptiBiotix and one or more of its divisions.

Development programmes

Our cholesterol product successfully completed human studies at the end of 2015 demonstrating commercial potential as a safe, easy to use, low cost cholesterol, and blood pressure reducing supplement. These results create opportunities for a single product for both conditions (high cholesterol and high blood pressure), or two different products targeting separate conditions. Commercial discussions and due diligence with potential partners across both consumer and pharma have indicated a wider range of opportunities than initially envisaged. These include:-

i. Combination products where the additional ingredient provides performance or additional consumer benefits such as reducing multiple cardiovascular risk factors in a single presentation

ii. The potential to improve statin efficacy potentially allowing lower statin dosage, reducing cost, and limiting side effects whilst improving statin compliance.

iii. The potential to reduce Clostridium dif cile infection by the formation of secondary bile acids which inhibit the vegetative growth of Clostridium

These discussions have increased the number of partnering opportunities and commercial discussions which will allow OptiBiotix to fully exploit the scale of the opportunity. We anticipate reporting on these commercial discussions in the forthcoming months.

OptiBiotix's sugar development platform has continued to progress rapidly under the leadership of Dr Sofia Kolida and has been extended to include:-

-- SweetBiotix(R) - sweet natural healthy sugars not digested in the human gut and hence calorie free

-- OptiBiotics(R) - a combination of a targeted probiotic and prebiotic which selectively enhances the in vivo growth of the probiotic, accentuating its functional properties and health benefits

Work to date has demonstrated our ability to synthesise sweet calorie free natural healthy sugars (SweetBiotix(R) ) with safety and sweetness confirmed by human taste studies.

Further work is ongoing to develop other sugars and to modify existing structures to accentuate sweetness further. This is an innovative concept which has the potential to address international concerns over the impact of sugar on obesity, with the prospect of replacing 'unhealthy' sugars in existing products with non-digestible, low calorie, healthy SweetBiotix(R) . Having demonstrated the synthesis and purification of SweetBiotix(R) we are now actively engaging with commercial partners looking for safer, healthy alternatives to existing products.

Our R&D teams have made rapid progress with the OptiBiotic(R) concept directed at companies in the probiotics functional food market who have benefited from the global trend for fortified and functional foods, a market that is expected to be worth in excess of $46.55bn by 2020 (Markets and Markets). Our research has confirmed the ability of a targeted prebiotic to enhance the numbers of a specific microbial strain, and most important its biological activity related to a health benefit. To our knowledge, this is the first time this effect has been demonstrated and creates the opportunity for designer prebiotics which can modulate targeted elements of the Microbiome. This is a significant development and has the potential to substantially increase the Company's value.

The aim of all these development programmes is to establish a scientific evidence base for mechanism of action, proof of safety and human efficacy, and low cost manufacturability. As products move through the development process risk is reduced leading to both an increase in value and greater interest from corporate partners. In the last six months this has led to completion of two commercial agreements with multinationals, the first with KSF, owners of the Slimfast brand; the second with DSM, the world's leading supplier of nutritional ingredients. These agreements bring in short term revenue to cover development costs and create a route to market for our products with established brand suppliers and the potential to generate multiple future revenue streams. They often involve extensive due diligence and their successful conclusion demonstrates industry interest and confidence in OptiBiotix's technology platforms. As our development programmes progress we anticipate further commercial deals with global partners leading to the development of new products creating multiple revenue streams across all divisions.

In the last six months we have added substantially to our existing IP portfolio which now covers 44 patents across 14 families, 8 strain registrations, and 7 trademarks. We anticipate filing further patents and internationalising our IP portfolio where we feel there is commercial value. We will continue to explore opportunities to in-license or acquire new technologies or IP to support our continued growth.

The Board believes OptiBiotix is at the leading edge of an emerging market, forecast to become one of the world's fastest growth areas. OptiBiotix has made good progress in the last six months and now has a broad range of platforms with numerous product and numerous partnering opportunities. This builds company value and de-risks the Company as if one platform or product was unsuccessful the Company would simply shift its focus to other platforms and products.

The Board believes we are building a Microbiome business with significant value for shareholders with a strategy which best maximises the value in each division and a diversity of IP and Commercial relationships which provides shareholders with multiple opportunities.

On behalf of everyone at OptiBiotix Health plc we thank you for your support and look forward to an exciting future.

D Evans and S O'Hara

25 August 2016

OptiBiotix Health plc

Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income

For the period to 31 May 2016

 
                                          6 months          6 months           Year to 
                                                to                to       30 November 
                                            31 May            31 May              2015 
                                              2016              2015           Audited 
                                         Unaudited         Unaudited 
  Continuing operations                        GBP               GBP               GBP 
 
  Revenue                                   88,252                 -            28,200 
 
  Cost of sales                                  -                 -                 - 
                                    --------------    --------------    -------------- 
  Gross Profit                              88,252                 -            28,200 
 
  Administrative expenses                (802,083)         (514,431)       (1,451,451) 
                                    --------------    --------------    -------------- 
  Operating loss                         (713,831)         (514,431)       (1,423,251) 
 
  Finance income / (costs)                      59                 7                28 
                                    --------------    --------------    -------------- 
  Loss before Income 
   tax                                   (713,772)         (514,424)       (1,423,223) 
 
  Income tax                                98,529                 -           142,594 
                                    --------------    --------------    -------------- 
  Loss for the period                    (615,243)         (514,424)       (1,280,629) 
 
  Other Comprehensive                            -                 -                 - 
   Income 
                                    --------------    --------------    -------------- 
  Total comprehensive 
   income for the period                 (615,243)         (514,424)       (1,280,629) 
 
 
  Total comprehensive 
   income attributable 
   to the owners of the 
   company                               (615,243)         (514,424)       (1,280,629) 
 
 
  Loss per share               4 
  Basic & Diluted loss 
   per share - pence                         0.796             0.708              1.75 
 
 

OptiBiotix Health plc

Consolidated Statement of Financial Position

For the period to 31 May 2016

 
                                  Notes             As at                As at             As at 
                                                   31 May               31 May       30 November 
                                                     2016                 2015              2015 
                                                Unaudited            Unaudited           Audited 
  ASSETS                                              GBP                  GBP               GBP 
  Non-current assets 
  Intangibles                                   2,089,916            2,259,369         2,146,401 
  Property, plant & 
   equipment                                        2,012                2,472             2,012 
                                           --------------       --------------    -------------- 
                                                2,091,928            2,261,841         2,148,413 
                                           --------------       --------------    -------------- 
  CURRENT ASSETS 
  Trade and other receivables                     304,331               28,596            62,597 
  Current tax asset                               207,232               94,107           120,000 
  Cash and cash equivalents                     3,556,264            2,470,577         2,040,888 
                                           --------------       --------------    -------------- 
                                                4,067,827            2,593,280         2,223,485 
                                           --------------       --------------    -------------- 
  TOTAL ASSETS                                  6,159,755            4,855,121         4,371,898 
 
  EQUITY 
  Shareholders' Equity 
  Called up share capital           6           7,192,455            7,100,284         7,117,315 
  Share premium                                 6,199,192            3,812,596         3,863,687 
  Share based payment 
   reserve                                        398,441              218,698           383,435 
  Non Controlling Interest                            480                    -                 - 
  Merger relief reserve                         1,500,000            1,500,000         1,500,000 
  Accumulated deficit                         (9,662,885)          (8,281,437)       (9,047,642) 
                                           --------------       --------------    -------------- 
  Total Equity                                  5,627,683            4,350,141         3,816,795 
                                           --------------       --------------    -------------- 
  LIABILITIES 
  Current liabilities 
  Trade and other payables                        114,089               53,106           125,823 
                                           --------------       --------------    -------------- 
                                                  114,089               53,106           125,823 
                                           --------------       --------------    -------------- 
  Non - current liabilities 
  Deferred tax liability                          417,983              451,874           429,280 
                                           --------------       --------------    -------------- 
                                                  417,983              451,874           429,280 
                                           --------------       --------------    -------------- 
  TOTAL LIABILITITES                              532,072              504,980           555,103 
                                           --------------       --------------    -------------- 
 
  TOTAL EQUITY AND 
   LIABILITIES                                  6,159,755            4,855,121         4,371,898 
 
 
 

OptiBiotix Health Plc

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity

For six month to 31 May 2016

 
                       Called             Share       Share-based             Non          Merger     Accumulated             Total 
                           up           premium           Payment     controlling          Relief         deficit            Equity 
                        Share                             reserve        Interest         Reserve 
                      Capital 
                          GBP               GBP               GBP             GBP             GBP             GBP               GBP 
 
  Balance 
   at 30 
   November 
   2014             7,078,346         3,746,781            90,970               -       1,500,000     (7,767,013)         4,649,084 
  Loss for 
   the period               -                 -                 -               -               -       (514,424)         (514,424) 
  -                    21,938            65,815                 -               -               -               -            87,753 
  Share 
   based 
   payment                  -                 -           127,728               -               -               -           127,728 
                 ------------    --------------    --------------    ------------    ------------    ------------    -------------- 
  Balance 
   at 31 
   May 2015         7,100,284         3,812,596           218,698               -       1,500,000     (8,281,437)         4,350,141 
 
  Loss for 
   the period               -                 -                 -               -               -       (766,205)         (766,205) 
  Exercise 
   of 
   warrants            17,031            51,091                 -               -               -               -            68,122 
  Grant 
   of share 
   options 
   and 
   warrants                 -                 -           164,737               -               -               -           164,737 
                 ------------    --------------    --------------    ------------    ------------    ------------    -------------- 
  Balance 
   at 30 
   November 
   2015             7,117,315         3,863,687           383,435               -       1,500,000     (9,047,642)         3,816,795 
  Loss for 
   the period               -                 -                 -               -               -       (615,243)         (615,243) 
  Issue 
   shares 
   during 
   the period          65,641         2,434,359                 -               -               -               -         2,500,000 
  Skinbiotix                -                 -                 -             480               -               -               480 
  Exercise 
   of 
   warrants             9,499            28,496                 -               -               -               -            37,995 
  Share 
   based 
   payment                  -                 -            15,006               -               -               -            15,006 
  Share 
   issue 
   expenses                 -         (127,350)                 -               -               -               -         (127,350) 
                 ------------    --------------    --------------    ------------    ------------    ------------    -------------- 
  Balance 
   at 31 
   May 2016         7,192,455         6,199,192           398,441             480       1,500,000     (9,662,885)         5,627,683 
                 ------------    --------------    --------------    ------------    ------------    ------------    -------------- 
 

OptiBiotix Health Plc

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

For the period to 31 May 2016

 
                                     6 months        6 months         Year to 
                                           to              to     30 November 
                                       31 May          31 May            2015 
                                         2016            2015         Audited 
                                    Unaudited       Unaudited 
                                          GBP             GBP             GBP 
  Reconciliation of 
   loss before income 
   tax to cash outflow 
   from operations 
 
  Operating loss                    (713,831)       (565,284)     (1,423,251) 
  (Increase)/decrease 
   in trade and other 
   receivables                      (241,734)        (23,944)        (57,946) 
  Decrease/(increase) 
   in trade and other 
   payables                          (11,730)        (24,507)          48,210 
  Share Option expense                 15,003         127,728         292,465 
  Depreciation                              -             347             808 
  Amortisation of patents              56,484               -         112,968 
                                 ------------    ------------    ------------ 
  Net cash outflow from 
   operations                       (895,808)       (485,660)     (1,026,746) 
 
 
  Interest received                        59               7              28 
                                 ------------    ------------    ------------ 
  Net cash outflow from 
   operating activities             (895,749)       (485,653)     (1,026,718) 
 
  Cash flows from investing 
   activities 
  Purchases of property, 
   plant and equipment                      -         (1,965)         (1,965) 
  Acquisition of subsidiary               480               -               - 
   net of cash 
 
                                 ------------    ------------    ------------ 
  Net cash (outflow)/inflow 
   from investing activities              480         (1,965)         (1,965) 
 
                                 ------------    ------------    ------------ 
  Cash flows from financing 
   activities 
  Share issues                      2,410,645          87,753         155,875 
                                 ------------    ------------    ------------ 
  Net cash inflow from 
   financing activities             2,410,645          87,753         155,875 
                                 ------------    ------------    ------------ 
 
  Taxation                                  -               -          43,254 
 
  Increase/(decrease) 
   in cash and equivalents          1,515,376       (399,865)       (829,554) 
 
  Cash and cash equivalents 
   at beginning of year             2,040,888       2,870,442       2,870,442 
                                 ------------    ------------    ------------ 
  Cash and cash equivalents 
   at end of year                   3,556,264       2,470,577       2,040,888 
 
 
 

OptiBiotix Health Plc

Notes to the Half Yearly Report

For the period to 31 May 2016

   1.    General Information 

Optibiotix Health Plc is a company incorporated and domiciled in England and Wales. The Company's offices are in York. The Company is listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange (ticker: OPTI).

The financial information set out in this Half Yearly report does not constitute statutory accounts as defined in Section 434 of the Companies Act 2006. The group's statutory financial statements for the year ended 30 November 2015, prepared under International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS"), have been filed with the Registrar of Companies. The auditor's report on those financial statements was unqualified and did not contain statements under Sections 498(2) and 498 (3) of the Companies Act 2006.

Copies of the annual statutory accounts and the Half Yearly report can be found on the Company's website at http://www.optibiotix.com.

   2.    Basis of preparation and significant accounting policies 

This Half Yearly report has been prepared using the historical cost convention, on a going concern basis and in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS") as adopted by the European Union, using accounting policies which are consistent with those set out in the financial statements for the year ended 30 November 2015.

New and amended standards adopted by the group

There are no IFRSs or IFRIC interpretations that are effective for the first time in this financial period that would be expected to have a material impact on the group.

   3.    Segmental Reporting 

In the opinion of the directors, the group has one class of business, being that of research and development. The group's primary reporting format is determined by the geographical segment according to the location of its establishments. There is currently only one geographic reporting segment, which is the UK. All costs are derived from the single segment.

   4.    Earnings per Share 

Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing the earnings attributable shareholders by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the period.

Reconciliations are set out below:

 
                                  6 Months      6 Months 
                                        to            to          Year to 
                                    31 May        31 May      30 November 
                                      2016          2015             2015 
                                 Unaudited     Unaudited          Audited 
 
  Basic and diluted 
   EPS 
 
  Earnings attributable 
   to ordinary shareholders      (615,243)     (514,424)      (1,280,629) 
 
  Weighted average 
   number of shares             77,261,548    72,684,379       73,167,562 
 
  Loss per-share - 
   pence                            0.796p        0.708p            1.75p 
 
 

Basic and diluted earnings per share are the same, since where a loss is incurred the effect of outstanding share options and warrants is considered anti-dilutive and is ignored for the purpose of the loss per share calculation. As at 31 May 2016 there were 10,345,237 outstanding share options and 1,618,036 outstanding share warrants.

   5.   Investments 

On 17 March 2016 the group reduced its shareholding in its subsidiary, SkinBiotix Limited, as a result of acquiring the exclusive rights to intellectual property developed by The University of Manchester in skin health and creating a majority owned joint venture ('JV'). Under the terms of the agreement, the group has invested GBP260,000 into the JV by subscribing for ordinary shares and will own 52% of SkinBiotix Limited, with the remaining 48% owned by the University of Manchester and key researchers. The JV did not have any profits or losses for the period.

   6.   Share Capital 

Issued share capital compromises:

 
                             6 months          6 months           Year to 
                                to 31             to 31       30 November 
                                  May               May              2015 
                                 2016              2015           Audited 
                            Unaudited         Unaudited 
                                  GBP               GBP               GBP 
 
  Ordinary shares 
   of 2p each 
   77,986,509               1,559,731         1,467,560         1,484,591 
  Deferred shares 
   of 19p each 
   26,001,739               4,940,330         4,940,330         4,940,330 
  Deferred shares 
   of .90p each 
   63,373,961                 570,366           570,366           570,366 
  Deferred shares 
   of 0.09p each 
   135,587,293                122,028           122,028           122,028 
                       --------------    --------------    -------------- 
                            7,192,455         7,100,284         7,117,315 
 
 

During the six months to 31 May 2016 the Company issued ordinary shares of GBP0.02 each listed, exercised at a price of GBP0.08 per share in the capital of the Company following the exercise of warrants:

 
 
     Date issued            Number 
 
  26/01/2016               125,000 
  12/02/2016               150,107 
  19/02/2016                65,500 
  26/02/2016                44,959 
  24/03/2016                 5,000 
  20/04/2016                53,125 
  25/05/2016                31,250 
 
                    -------------- 
                           474,941 
 
 

On 4 December 2015 the Company issued and allotted 2,000,000 ordinary shares of GBP0.02 each respectively, exercised at a price of GBP0.75 per share in the capital of the Company in a share placing.

On 4 February 2016 the Company issued and allotted 1,282,051 ordinary shares of GBP0.02 each respectively, exercised at a price of GBP0.78 per share in the capital of the Company in a share placing.

   7.   Post balance sheet events 

On 30 June 2016 the Company issued and allotted 29,975 ordinary shares of 2 pence each exercised at a price of 8 pence per share in the capital of the Company following the exercise of warrants.

On 26 July 2016 OptiBiotix completed an investment to acquire 51% of The Healthy Weight Loss Company, and see this as a platform to incubate new technological solutions and develop wider product applications in weight management. Under the terms of the agreement, the group has invested GBP75,000 into the Joint Venture by subscribing for ordinary shares and will own 51% of The Healthy weight Loss company, with the remaining 49% owned by the founding members.

On 12 August 2016 the Company issued and allotted 100,000 ordinary shares of 2 pence each exercised at a price of 8 pence per share in the capital of the Company following the exercise of warrants.

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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