Fusion Antibodies PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 4668I

Fusion Antibodies PLC

16 October 2024

 

16 October 2024

  

Fusion Antibodies plc

("Fusion" or the "Company")

 

Director/PDMR Shareholding

 

Fusion Antibodies plc (AIM: FAB), specialists in pre-clinical antibody discovery, engineering and supply for both therapeutic drug and diagnostic applications, has been notified that Adrian Kinkaid, Chief Executive Officer of Fusion, has purchased 83,728 ordinary shares of 4 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 4.185 pence per Ordinary Share. Following this purchase, Adrian Kinkaid directly holds 750,000 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 0.79 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital. 

 

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them:

 

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Adrian Kinkaid
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Executive Officer
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Fusion Antibodies plc
b)	LEI	213800KBAYRC9VOQ9V39
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 instrument, type of instrument   Identification code	ordinary shares of 4p each in Fusion Antibodies plc     Identification code (ISIN) for Fusion Antibodies plc ordinary shares: GB00BDQZGK16
b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of Ordinary Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 4.185p 83,728
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	-      see above -      see above
e)	Date of the transaction	16 October 2024
f)	Place of the transaction	XLON, London Stock Exchange

 

Enquiries: 

 

Fusion Antibodies plc		www.fusionantibodies.com
Adrian Kinkaid, Chief Executive Officer Stephen Smyth, Chief Financial Officer		Via Walbrook PR
Fusion Antibodies interactive investor hub		https://investorhub.fusionantibodies.com/
Allenby Capital Limited		Tel: [phone]
James Reeve/Vivek Bhardwaj (Corporate Finance) Tony Quirke/Joscelin Pinnington (Sales and Corporate Broking)
Shard Capital Partners LLP
Damon Heath (Joint Broker)		Tel: [phone]
Walbrook PR	Tel: [phone] or [e-mail]
Anna Dunphy		Mob: [phone]

 

About Fusion Antibodies plc

 

Fusion is a Belfast based contract research organisation ("CRO") providing a range of antibody engineering services for the development of antibodies for both therapeutic drug and diagnostic applications.

 

The Company's ordinary shares were admitted to trading on AIM on 18 December 2017. Fusion provides a broad range of services in antibody generation, development, production, characterisation and optimisation. These services include antigen expression, antibody production, purification and sequencing, antibody humanisation using Fusion's proprietary CDRx ^TM platform and the production of antibody generating stable cell lines to provide material for use in clinical trials. Since 2012, the Company has successfully sequenced and expressed over 250 antibodies and successfully completed over 200 humanisation projects and has an international, blue-chip client base, which has included eight of the top 10 global pharmaceutical companies by revenue.

 

The Company was established in 2001 as a spin out from Queen's University Belfast. The Company's mission is to enable pharmaceutical and diagnostic companies to develop innovative products in a timely and cost-effective manner for the benefit of the global healthcare industry. Fusion Antibodies provides a broad range of services in antibody generation, development, production, characterisation and optimisation.

 

Fusion Antibodies growth strategy is based on combining the latest technological advances with cutting edge science to deliver new platforms that will enable Pharma and Biotech companies get to the clinic faster, with the optimal drug candidate and ultimately speed up the drug development process. 

 

The global monoclonal antibody therapeutics market was valued at $186 billion in 2021 and is forecast to surpass $445 billion in 2028, an increase at a CAGR of 13.2 per cent. for the period 2022 to 2028. Approximately 150 monoclonal antibody therapies are approved and marketed globally as of June 2022 with the top four antibody drugs each having sales of more than $3 bn in 2021.  

 

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