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Share Name | Share Symbol | Market | Type | Share ISIN | Share Description |
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Mercia Asset Management Plc | LSE:MERC | London | Ordinary Share | GB00BSL71W47 | ORD 0.001P |
Price Change | % Change | Share Price | Bid Price | Offer Price | High Price | Low Price | Open Price | Shares Traded | Last Trade | |
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0.30 | 0.88% | 34.30 | 33.60 | 35.00 | 34.30 | 33.80 | 34.00 | 464,966 | 16:17:35 |
Industry Sector | Turnover | Profit | EPS - Basic | PE Ratio | Market Cap |
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Finance Services | 25.88M | 2.84M | - | N/A | 0 |
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RNS Number : 4676O
Mercia Technologies PLC
21 August 2017
RNS 21 August 2017
Mercia Technologies PLC
("Mercia", the "Company" or the "Group")
Mercia invests GBP2.0million into Oxford Genetics as part of GBP7.5million syndication
Mercia Technologies PLC (AIM: MERC), the national investment group focused on the funding and scaling of innovative technology businesses with high growth potential from the UK regions, is pleased to announce that it has completed a GBP2.0million follow-on direct investment into Oxford Genetics Limited ("Oxford Genetics"), a synthetic biology company with significant expertise in helping to design, develop and produce virus and protein based biologics to support leading therapeutic companies.
This investment is part of a GBP7.5million funding round which also sees a new investor, Invesco Asset Management Limited, as agent for and on behalf of its discretionary managed clients ("Invesco"), joining the syndication as a partner. Invesco is one of the largest investment managers in the UK and its involvement in this funding round demonstrates the significant potential seen in Oxford Genetics by both the teams at Mercia and Invesco. Mercia has worked with Oxford Genetics since 2012, initially investing via its third-party managed funds before becoming an Emerging Star direct investment in December 2015. This latest funding round increases Mercia's total direct investment to GBP4.7million. Mercia's direct equity stake following this funding round is 40.5%.
Proceeds from the investment round will be used to further expand Oxford Genetics' operations in the US with the opening of a new office in Boston, as well as extending its UK research and development facility.
In the last 12 months Oxford Genetics has signed a number of out-licensing deals, including two separate collaborative co-development partnerships. In the same period it has also filed five patent applications, all in the fields of improving the discovery, development or delivery of biological therapeutics. It has also been awarded GBP1.9million in non-dilutive government grants to support its R&D.
Ryan Cawood, CEO of Oxford Genetics, said: "The next few years for Oxford Genetics will be exciting. The industry for complex biologics has taken such huge steps forward to delivering real patient benefit and we are pleased to be providing our technology to many of the companies tackling some of medicine's most important unmet needs."
Mark Payton, Chief Executive Officer at Mercia and board director of Oxford Genetics, said: "This sector is growing rapidly, driven by pharma and biotech companies' relentless drive for new therapeutics. The commercial validity of the business has been recently supported by a string of technology licence agreements. This syndicated investment alongside Invesco reflects our confidence in Oxford Genetics' strong position and its ability to deliver shareholder value in the medium term."
For further information, please contact:
Mercia Technologies PLC Mark Payton, Chief Executive Officer Martin Glanfield, Chief Financial Officer www.merciatech.co.uk +44 (0)330 223 1430 Cenkos Securities plc Ivonne Cantu / Mark Connelly (NOMAD) +44 (0)20 7397 8900 Buchanan Bobby Morse, Victoria Hayns, Stephanie Watson www.buchanan.uk.com +44 (0)20 7466 5000
About Mercia Technologies PLC
Mercia is a national investment group focused on the funding and scaling of innovative technology businesses with high growth potential from the UK regions. Mercia benefits from 18 university partnerships and offices across the Midlands, the North of England and Scotland providing it with access to high quality, regional deal flow. Mercia Technologies PLC is quoted on AIM with the epic "MERC".
Mercia's 'Complete Capital Solution' initially nurtures businesses via its third party funds (now with circa GBP336.5million under management following recent mandate wins) and then over time Mercia can provide further funding to its 'Emerging Stars' by deploying direct investment follow-on capital from its own balance sheet. Since its IPO in December 2014, Mercia has invested over GBP41.0million directly across its portfolio of Emerging Stars.
This information is provided by RNS
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