hVIVO PLC Director dealings (6156C)

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RNS Number : 6156C

hVIVO PLC

14 June 2023

hVIVO plc

("hVIVO" or the "Company")

Director dealings

hVIVO plc (AIM & Euronext: HVO) , (formerly Open Orphan plc) announces that it has received notification that Yamin 'Mo' Khan, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, yesterday acquired 13,526 ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each in the capital of the Company as a result of a dividend reinvestment plan. Following the purchase of shares Mo holds 523,730 ordinary shares representing approximately 0.08 per cent of the Company's issued ordinary capital.

For further information please contact:

 
 hVIVO plc                                                             [phone] 
 Yamin 'Mo' Khan, Chief Executive 
 Officer 
 Stephen Pinkerton, Chief Financial 
 Officer 
 
 Liberum Capital (Nominated Adviser and 
  Joint Broker)                                                        [phone] 
 Ben Cryer, Edward Mansfield, Phil Walker, 
  Will King 
 
 finnCap plc (Joint Broker)                                            [phone] 
 Geoff Nash, Charlie Beeson, Nigel Birks, 
  Harriet Ward (ECM) 
 
 Davy (Euronext Growth Adviser and Joint 
  Broker)                                                               [phone] 
 Anthony Farrell, Niall Gilchrist 
 
 Walbrook PR (Financial PR & IR)               [phone] or [e-mail] 
  Stephanie Cuthbert / Phillip                      [phone] / [phone] 
  Marriage /                                                                          082 / 
  Louis Ashe-Jepson                                                    [phone] 
 
 

Notes to Editors

About hVIVO

hVIVO plc (ticker: HVO) (formerly Open Orphan plc) is a rapidly growing specialist contract research organisation (CRO) and the world leader in testing infectious and respiratory disease vaccines and therapeutics using human challenge clinical trials. The Group provides end-to-end early clinical development services to its large, established and growing repeat client base, which includes four of the top 10 largest global biopharma companies.

The Group's fast-growing services business includes a unique portfolio of 11 human challenge models, with a number of new models under development, to test a broad range of infectious and respiratory disease products. The Company has world class challenge agent manufacturing, specialist drug development and clinical consultancy services via its Venn Life Sciences brand, and a lab offering via its hLAB brand, which includes virology, immunology biomarker and molecular testing. The Group offers additional clinical field trial services such as patient recruitment and clinical trial site services.

hVIVO runs challenge studies in London from its Whitechapel quarantine clinic, its state-of-the-art QMB clinic with its highly specialised on-site virology and immunology laboratory, and its clinic in Plumbers Row. To recruit volunteers / patients for its studies, the Company leverages its unique clinical trial recruitment capability via its FluCamp volunteer screening facilities in London and Manchester.

Notification of transactions by Directors, Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs") and persons closely associated with them.

 
 1.   Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities 
       / person closely associated 
 a)   Name                             Yamin Khan 
     -------------------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 2.   Reason for the Notification 
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 a)   Position/status                  Chief E xecutive Officer 
     -------------------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 b)   Initial notification/amendment   Initial notification 
     -------------------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 3.   Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
       auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
     ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Name                             hVIVO plc 
     -------------------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 b)   LEI                              213800VT5KBM7JLIV118 
     -------------------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 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     Ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each 
       instrument, type of 
       instrument 
     -------------------------------  ------------------------------------- 
      Identification code              ESVUFR 
                                        ISIN GB00B9275X97 
     -------------------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 b)   Nature of the Transaction        Purchase of ordinary shares pursuant 
                                        to a dividend reinvestment plan 
     -------------------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)            Price          Volume 
                                         16.97 pence    13,526 
                                                       ------- 
     -------------------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 d)   Aggregated information           As above 
       - Aggregated volume 
       - Price 
     -------------------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 e)   Date of the transaction          13/06/2023 
     -------------------------------  ------------------------------------- 
 f)   Place of the transaction         London Stock Exchange 
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