Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy Director/PDMR Shareholding (1926S)

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RNS Number : 1926S

Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy

21 June 2018

Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy

("Faron" or the "Company")

PDMR Dealings and

Person Closely Associated with PDMR Dealings

TURKU - FINLAND, 21 June 2018 - Faron Pharmaceuticals Ltd ("Faron") (LON: FARN), the clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, announces that on 21 June 2018 it was notified of the following PDMR and persons closely associated dealings.

On 19 June 2018, Mr Matti Manner, the Non-Executive Director of Faron had acquired 15,500 ordinary shares in Faron at a price of 56 pence per ordinary share, and a person closely associated with him had acquired 7,900 ordinary shares in Faron at a price of 56 pence per ordinary share.

On 20 June 2018, Mr Yrjö Wichmann, Chief Financial Officer of Faron had acquired 5,200 ordinary shares in Faron at a price of 67 pence per ordinary share and on 21 June 2018, Dr. Pessi Honkasalo, Corporate Legal Counsel of Faron had acquired 1,500 ordinary shares in Faron at a price of 75 pence per ordinary share.

On 21 June 2018, Dr Matti Karvonen, Medical Director of Faron, had acquired 15,000 ordinary shares in Faron at a price of 56 pence per ordinary share and a person closely associated with him had acquired 31,000 ordinary shares in Faron at a price of 57 pence per ordinary share.

On 21 June 2018, Dr. Markku Jalkanen, Chief Executive Officer of Faron, had acquired 12,000 ordinary shares and a person closely associated with him had acquired 24,000 ordinary shares in Faron at a price of 71 pence per ordinary share. Also on 21 June 2018, Dr. Juho Jalkanen, Chief Development Officer of Faron had acquired 12,000 ordinary shares in Faron at a price of 71 pence per ordinary share.

The notification below, which has been made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, provides further detail.

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 ("MAR").

 
 Notification of a Transaction pursuant to Article 19(1) of Regulation 
  (EU) No. 596/2014 
 1     Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person 
        closely associated 
----  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a.    Name                         Matti Manner 
                                     Susanna Hedenström 
                                     Yrjö Wichmann 
                                     Pessi Honkasalo 
                                     Matti Karvonen 
                                     Minja Pfeiffer 
                                     Markku Jalkanen 
                                     Mehto Saima Kuolinpesä 
                                     Juho Jalkanen 
                                   ------------------------------------------------------------ 
 2     Reason for notification 
      ---------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------ 
 a.    Position/Status              Person discharging managerial responsibilities 
                                     / person closely associated 
 
                                     - Non-Executive Director and a person closely 
                                     associated with him 
                                     - Chief Financial Officer 
                                     - Corporate Legal Counsel 
                                     - Medical Director and a person closely 
                                     associated with him 
                                     - Chief Executive Officer and a person closely 
                                     associated with him 
                                     - Chief Development Officer 
      ---------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------ 
 b.    Initial notification/        Initial Notification 
        Amendment 
      ---------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------ 
 3     Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
        auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
      ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a.    Name                         Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy 
      --------------------------- 
 b.    LEI                          7437009H31TO1DC0EB42 
      ---------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------ 
 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               Ordinary shares 
        the financial 
        instrument, type             ISIN: FI4000153309 
        of instrument 
 
        Identification 
        Code 
      ---------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------ 
 b.    Nature of the                Purchase of ordinary shares 
        transaction 
      ---------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------ 
 
 c.    Price(s) and volume(s)             Price(s)         Volume(s) 
      ---------------------------        --------------- 
    56.00 GBPp                                             15,500 
     56.00 GBPp                                             7,900 
     67.00 GBPp                                             5,200 
     75.00 GBPp                                             1,500 
     56.00 GBPp                                             15,000 
     57.00 GBPp                                             31,000 
     71.00 GBPp                                             12,000 
     71.00 GBPp                                             24,000 
     71.00 GBPp                                             12,000 
   -----------------------------------------------------  ------------ 
 
 d.    Aggregated information 
 
        - Aggregated Volume           N/A 
 
        - Price                       N/A 
      ---------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------ 
 e.    Date of the transaction      June 19, 2018, June 20, 2018 and June 21, 
                                     2018 
      ---------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------ 
 f.    Place of the transaction     London Stock Exchange, AIM Market 
      ---------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------ 
 
 

For more information please contact:

Faron Pharmaceuticals Ltd

Dr Markku Jalkanen, Chief Executive Officer

[e-mail]

Consilium Strategic Communications

Mary-Jane Elliott, Philippa Gardner, Matthew Neal, Lindsey Neville

Phone: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

Westwicke Partners, IR (US)

Chris Brinzey

Phone: [phone]

E-Mail: [e-mail]

Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited, Nomad and Broker

Freddy Crossley, Emma Earl, Ryan McCarthy

Phone: [phone]

About Faron Pharmaceuticals Ltd

Faron (AIM:FARN) is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel treatments for medical conditions with significant unmet needs. The Company currently has a pipeline focusing on acute organ traumas, vascular damage and cancer immunotherapy. The Company's lead candidate Traumakine, to prevent vascular leakage and organ failures, has completed a Phase III clinical trial in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome ("ARDS"). An additional European Phase II Traumakine trial is underway for the Rupture of Abdominal Aorta Aneurysm ("RAAA"). Faron's second candidate Clevegen is a ground breaking preclinical anti-Clever-1 antibody. Clevegen has the ability to switch immune suppression to immune activation in various conditions, with potential across oncology, infectious disease and vaccine development. This novel macrophage-directed immuno-oncology switch called Tumour Immunity Enabling Technology ("TIET") may be used alone or in combination with other immune checkpoint molecules for the treatment of cancer patients. Faron is based in Turku, Finland. Further information is available at www.faron.com

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