Advanced Oncotherapy PLC Conversion of loan notes (1103C)

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RNS Number : 1103C

Advanced Oncotherapy PLC

11 April 2017

11 April 2017

ADVANCED ONCOTHERAPY PLC

("Advanced Oncotherapy" or the "Company")

Conversion of Convertible Loan Notes

Advanced Oncotherapy (AIM: AVO), the developer of next-generation proton therapy systems for cancer treatment, announces that Bracknor Investment Group ("Bracknor") has advised the Company that they will convert a portion of the first tranche of the Convertible Loan Notes ("CLN") issued to them on 22 February 2017 into new ordinary shares of 25p each in the share capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares"). Further details of the conversion are set out below.

 
 Number of CLN converted: 10 
 Total nominal value of the CLN 
  converted: GBP100,000 
 Conversion price: GBP0.2789 
 Number of shares issued from 
  the conversion: 358,551 
 Shares issued for the satisfaction 
  of the conversion fees: 10,756 
 

Application will be made for admission to trading on AIM ("Admission") of the 369,307 new Ordinary Shares deriving from the conversion of the CLN and in satisfaction of the conversion fees and it is expected that Admission will occur on or around 18 April 2017.

Total voting rights

Following Admission, the Company's enlarged issued share capital will comprise 73,385,807 Ordinary Shares, with voting rights. The Company does not hold any Ordinary Shares in treasury. Therefore the total number of Ordinary Shares in the Company with voting rights will be 73,385,807. This figure 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 Guidance and Transparency Rules.

 
  Advanced Oncotherapy Plc                www.avoplc.com 
  Dr. Michael Sinclair,            Tel: [phone] 
   Executive Chairman 
  Nicolas Serandour, CEO 
 
  Stockdale Securities (Nomad 
   & Joint Broker) 
  Antonio Bossi / David            Tel: [phone] 
   Coaten 
 
  Stifel Nicolaus Europe 
   (Joint Broker) 
  Jonathan Senior / Ben            Tel: [phone] 
   Maddison 
 
  Walbrook PR (Financial        Tel: [phone] or 
   PR & IR)                           [e-mail] 
  Paul McManus / Anna Dunphy     Mob: [phone] / 
                                   Mob: [phone] 
 

About Advanced Oncotherapy Plc www.avoplc.com

Advanced Oncotherapy is a provider of particle therapy with protons that harnesses the best in modern technology. Advanced Oncotherapy's team "ADAM", based in Geneva, focuses on the development of a proprietary proton accelerator called Linac Image Guided Hadron Technology (LIGHT). LIGHT accelerates protons to the energy levels achieved in legacy machines but in a unit that is a quarter of the size and between a quarter and a fifth of the cost. This compact configuration delivers proton beams in a way that facilitates greater precision and electronic control which is not achievable with older technologies.

Advanced Oncotherapy will offer healthcare providers affordable systems that will enable them to treat cancer with an innovative technology as well as better health outcomes and lower treatment related side effects.

Advanced Oncotherapy continually monitors the market for any emerging improvements in delivering proton therapy and actively seeks working relationships with providers of these innovative technologies. Through these relationships, the Company will remain the prime provider of an innovative and cost-effective system for particle therapy with protons.

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