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FAB Fusion Antibodies Plc

3.75
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Share Name Share Symbol Market Type Share ISIN Share Description
Fusion Antibodies Plc LSE:FAB London Ordinary Share GB00BDQZGK16 ORD 4P
  Price Change % Change Share Price Bid Price Offer Price High Price Low Price Open Price Shares Traded Last Trade
  -0.05 -1.32% 3.75 3.70 3.80 3.80 3.75 3.80 87,071 08:00:57
Industry Sector Turnover Profit EPS - Basic PE Ratio Market Cap
Pharmaceutical Preparations 2.9M -2.6M -0.0437 -0.86 2.23M

Fusion Antibodies PLC Grant of Options (1933L)

21/12/2018 7:00am

UK Regulatory


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Fusion Antibodies PLC

21 December 2018

21 December 2018

Fusion Antibodies plc

("Fusion" or the "Company")

Grant of Options

Fusion Antibodies plc (AIM: FAB), a pharmaceutical contract research organisation specialising in antibody engineering services, announces that the Company has, on 20 December 2018, granted 1,225,000 options (the "Options") over ordinary shares of 4 pence in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") to certain Executive Directors and employees of the Company. These Options were granted pursuant to the Fusion Antibodies EMI and Unapproved Employee Share Option Scheme (the "Scheme"), adopted by the Company on 11 December 2017.

The Options have an exercise price of 54.5 pence per Option, being the closing mid-market price of an Ordinary Share on the day of grant. The Options will vest over a three-year period, with one third of the Options vesting each anniversary following the grant date and subject to continuing employment only. Once vested, the Options can be exercised for a period of ten years from the grant date.

Of the 1,225,000 Options issued, 600,000 of the Options have been granted to the Executive Directors of the Company as follows:

 
 Name               Number of Options   Existing options            Total Options 
                              granted      over Ordinary            over Ordinary 
                                             Shares held    Shares held following 
                                                                            grant 
 Paul Kerr, CEO               200,000            125,000                  325,000 
 Richard Buick, 
  CTO                         200,000            125,000                  325,000 
 James Fair, CFO              200,000             75,000                  275,000 
 

Following the grant of the Options, the Company has options in issue over a total of 1,701,250 Ordinary Shares, representing 7.7 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital. 1,225,000 of the options have been issued pursuant to the Scheme and the balance of 476,250 options have been issued outside of the Scheme.

Further detail is set out in the PDMR disclosure tables below.

Enquiries:

 
 Fusion Antibodies plc                                      www.fusionantibodies.com 
 Dr Paul Kerr, Chief Executive                                       Via Walbrook PR 
  Officer 
 James Fair, Chief Financial 
  Officer 
 
 Allenby Capital Limited                                    Tel: +44 (0)20 3328 5656 
 James Reeve / Asha Chotai 
 
 Walbrook PR                       Tel: +44 (0)20 7933 8780 or fusion@walbrookpr.com 
 Anna Dunphy                                                Mob: +44 (0)7876 740 001 
 Paul McManus                                               Mob: +44 (0)7980 541 983 
 
 

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                          Paul Kerr 
     ----------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 2    Reason for the notification 
     ---------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Position/status               Chief Executive Officer 
     ----------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 b)   Initial notification          Initial notification 
       /Amendment 
     ----------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 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            Options over ordinary shares 
       financial instrument,         of 4p each in Fusion Antibodies 
       type of instrument            plc 
 
       Identification code 
                                     Identification code (ISIN) for 
                                     Fusion Antibodies plc ordinary 
                                     shares: GB00BDQZGK16 
     ----------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 b)   Nature of the transaction     Grant of options over ordinary 
                                     shares 
     ----------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)          Price(s)   Volume(s) 
                                       54.5p      200,000 
                                                 ---------- 
     ----------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 d)   Aggregated information        N/A 
       - Aggregated volume 
       - Price 
     ----------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 e)   Date of the transaction       20 December 2018 
     ----------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 f)   Place of the transaction      Outside a trading venue 
     ----------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 
 
 1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities 
       / person closely associated 
 a)   Name                          Richard Buick 
     ----------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 2    Reason for the notification 
     ---------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Position/status               Chief Technical Officer 
     ----------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 b)   Initial notification          Initial notification 
       /Amendment 
     ----------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 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            Options over ordinary shares 
       financial instrument,         of 4p each in Fusion Antibodies 
       type of instrument            plc 
 
       Identification code 
                                     Identification code (ISIN) for 
                                     Fusion Antibodies plc ordinary 
                                     shares: GB00BDQZGK16 
     ----------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 b)   Nature of the transaction     Grant of options over ordinary 
                                     shares 
     ----------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)          Price(s)   Volume(s) 
                                       54.5p      200,000 
                                                 ---------- 
     ----------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 d)   Aggregated information        N/A 
       - Aggregated volume 
       - Price 
     ----------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 e)   Date of the transaction       20 December 2018 
     ----------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 f)   Place of the transaction      Outside a trading venue 
     ----------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 
 
 1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities 
       / person closely associated 
 a)   Name                          James Fair 
     ----------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 2    Reason for the notification 
     ---------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Position/status               Chief Financial Officer 
     ----------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 b)   Initial notification          Initial notification 
       /Amendment 
     ----------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 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            Options over ordinary shares 
       financial instrument,         of 4p each in Fusion Antibodies 
       type of instrument            plc 
 
       Identification code 
                                     Identification code (ISIN) for 
                                     Fusion Antibodies plc ordinary 
                                     shares: GB00BDQZGK16 
     ----------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 b)   Nature of the transaction     Grant of options over ordinary 
                                     shares 
     ----------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)          Price(s)   Volume(s) 
                                       54.5p      200,000 
                                                 ---------- 
     ----------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 d)   Aggregated information        N/A 
       - Aggregated volume 
       - Price 
     ----------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 e)   Date of the transaction       20 December 2018 
     ----------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 f)   Place of the transaction      Outside a trading venue 
     ----------------------------  ---------------------------------- 
 

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 over 250 antibodies and successfully completed over 100 humanisation projects for its international, blue-chip client base.

The Company was established in 2001 as a spin out from Queen's University Belfast. It was initially a drug development business but revised its operations to focus on CRO work in 2011. The Company has a highly experienced management team with a combined 47 years' experience in the biopharma industry. The global monoclonal antibody therapeutics market, which accounted for 43 per cent. of the global biologics market in 2016, was valued at between $85.4 billion and $86.7 billion in 2015 and is forecast to increase at a CAGR of between 8.2 per cent. and 12.2 per cent. for the period 2016 to 2024.

This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact rns@lseg.com or visit www.rns.com.

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