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September 2024
ProBiotix Health
plc
("ProBiotix" or the "Company"
or, together with its subsidiary, the "Group")
Share Subscription and
Proposed Board Appointment
ProBiotix Health plc (AQSE: PBX),
the life sciences business developing probiotics to support
cardiometabolic health, announces that is has raised
£1,226,400 through a share subscription with the
Company (the "Subscription"). Following completion of the
Subscription, the Company expects to be fully funded enabling it to
fulfil all its working capital requirements with no recourse for
further funding.
Subscription
ProBiotix is pleased to announce
that Holdingselskabet af 29. Juni 2010 Aps, the family office
vehicle of successful Denmark based investor and entrepreneur,
Frederik Bruhn-Petersen, has subscribed for 36,500,000 new ordinary
shares of 0.05p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares", "New
Ordinary Shares") at a subscription price of 3.36p per share,
raising £1,226,400 (before expenses).
The net proceeds of the Subscription
will be used to fund working capital and help the Company further
its expansion by accelerating a number of significant growth
opportunities.
The New Ordinary Shares will
represent approximately 23% of the Company's issued share capital
following the Subscription and will rank pari passu in all respects
with the existing Ordinary Shares. Application will be made for the
New Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on the Access Segment
of the Aquis Growth Market and dealings in the New Ordinary Shares
are expected to commence on 10 September 2024
("Admission").
Proposed Board Appointment
Following the Subscription, the
Company plans to appoint Frederik Bruhn-Petersen, the identically
named son of Frederik Bruhn-Petersen, to the Board of Directors of
ProBiotix as a Non-Executive Director (subject to completion of
satisfactory due diligence). Frederik Bruhn-Petersen, who is
currently working in a managing role for Holdingselskabet af 29.
Juni 2010 Aps, has a Masters of Law Degree from Copenhagen
University and is the co-founder of one of Denmark's most
successful real estate companies, driving the business from a
start-up phase to a national online operator.
Total Voting Rights
Following Admission, the Company's
enlarged share capital will comprise 158,166,666 Ordinary Shares.
The figure of 158,166,666 Ordinary Shares may be used by
shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculation
by which they may determine if they are required to notify their
interest in, or a change in their overall interest in, the share
capital of the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's
Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
Steen Andersen, CEO of ProBiotix, commented: "On behalf of the Board, I
would like to thank Frederik for his support and welcome him (and
his family office) as a significant new shareholder in ProBiotix,
and also welcome his son Frederik as a proposed new Non-Executive
Director. I have known both individuals for many
years.
"With the business now on a strong financial footing, I look
forward to working with Frederik, his son and the rest of the Board
as we continue to accelerate the growth of the
business."
This announcement contains
information which, prior to its disclosure, was considered inside
information for the purposes of the UK Market Abuse Regulation and
the Directors of the Company are responsible for the release of
this announcement.
For
further information, please contact:
ProBiotix Health plc
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https://probiotixhealth-ir.com/
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Steen Andersen, Chief Executive
Officer
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Contact via Walbrook
below
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Peterhouse Capital Limited (Aquis Corporate Adviser and
Broker)
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Tel: 020
7220 9793
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Mark Anwyl
Duncan Vasey
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Tel: 020
7469 0930
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Walbrook PR Ltd
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probiotix@walbrookpr.com
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Anna Dunphy
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Mob: 07876
741 001
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