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Provexis PLC
29 December 2017
29 December 2017
Provexis plc
Grant of Share Options
Provexis plc ('Provexis' or the 'Company'), the business that
develops, licenses and sells the proprietary, scientifically-proven
Fruitflow(R) heart-health functional food ingredient, announces
that it has today awarded a total of 27,500,000 options ("Options")
over ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary
Shares") under the Provexis 2005 share option scheme to certain
directors and scientific, sales and marketing consultants to the
Company.
The new Options will have an exercise price of 0.55 pence, being
the closing mid-market price on 28 December 2017, and they are
subject to performance criteria (including Ordinary Share price
appreciation). The Options are exercisable, subject to vesting,
between 1 April 2020 and 10 years from the date of grant.
The 27,500,000 Options awarded today include 20,000,000 options
awarded with oversight from the Company's Non-executive Director
Krijn Rietveld to the following directors ('PDMRs'):
Name of Position No of existing No of new Total Options
Director Options Options following
to be granted grant
Dawson
Buck Chairman 7,000,000 10,000,000 17,000,000
Finance
Ian Ford Director 25,000,000 10,000,000 35,000,000
The Options will further align the directors' and consultants'
interests with those of shareholders.
Following the issue of the new Options the total number of
Ordinary Shares under option which could be issued if all of the
performance criteria are met is 179,117,620 Ordinary Shares, with
41,117,620 of these existing options due to lapse, unless exercised
before then, in August 2018. The 41,117,620 options which are due
to lapse in August 2018 have an exercise price of 0.593 pence, and
10,000,000 of these options are held by Ian Ford, Finance
Director.
The Company makes the following disclosures in accordance with
article 19(3) of the Market Abuse Regulation:
1 Details of the person discharging managerial
responsibilities / person closely associated
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a) Name Dawson Buck
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2 Reason for the notification
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a) Position/status Chairman
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b) Initial notification Initial notification
/Amendment
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3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance
market participant, auction platform, auctioneer
or auction monitor
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a) Name PROVEXIS PLC
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b) LEI 21380042E3Y3N9VZ6N48
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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
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a) Description of Ordinary Shares of 0.1p each
the financial
instrument, type
of instrument ISIN: GB00B0923P27
Identification
code
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b) Nature of the Grant of options over ordinary
transaction shares
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c) Price(s) and volume(s) Price(s) Volume(s)
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0.55p per share 10,000,000
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d) Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume N/A - single transaction
- Price
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e) Date of the transaction 29 December 2017
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f) Place of the transaction London Stock Exchange, XLON
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1 Details of the person discharging managerial
responsibilities / person closely associated
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a) Name Ian Ford
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2 Reason for the notification
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a) Position/status Finance Director
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b) Initial notification Initial notification
/Amendment
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3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance
market participant, auction platform, auctioneer
or auction monitor
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a) Name PROVEXIS PLC
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b) LEI 21380042E3Y3N9VZ6N48
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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 of 0.1p each
the financial
instrument, type
of instrument ISIN: GB00B0923P27
Identification
code
--- ------------------------- ---------------------------------
b) Nature of the Grant of options over ordinary
transaction shares
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c) Price(s) and volume(s) Price(s) Volume(s)
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0.55p per share 10,000,000
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d) Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume N/A - single transaction
- Price
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e) Date of the transaction 29 December 2017
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f) Place of the transaction London Stock Exchange, XLON
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For further information please contact:
Provexis plc Tel: 07490 391888
Dawson Buck, Chairman enquiries@provexis.com
Ian Ford, Finance Director
Cenkos Securities plc Tel: 020 7397 8900
Bobbie Hilliam / Camilla Hume
Notes for editors
About Provexis plc
AIM-listed Provexis is focused on the development and licensing
of its proprietary, scientifically-proven Fruitflow(R) heart-health
functional food ingredient.
In May 2009, the Company's Fruitflow(R) technology was the first
to be substantiated by the European Food Safety Authority ('EFSA')
under the new Article 13(5) for proprietary and emerging science.
In December 2009 the European Commission authorised the health
claim 'Helps maintain normal platelet aggregation, which
contributes to healthy blood flow', which was the first wording to
be authorised under Article 13(5).
In June 2010 it was announced that the Company had entered into
a long-term Alliance Agreement with DSM Nutritional Products to
commercialise Fruitflow(R), and in June 2015 the Company confirmed
it had agreed significantly enhanced financial terms for its
Alliance Agreement with DSM for Fruitflow(R).
The Company's Alliance partner DSM Nutritional Products has
developed the market actively for the Company's novel, patented
Fruitflow(R) heart-health ingredient in all global markets, with
over 50 regional consumer healthcare brands now having been
launched by direct customers of DSM, and with a number of further
regional brands having been launched through DSM's distributor
channels.
An increasing number of further commercial projects have been
initiated by DSM with prospective customers, including some
prospective customers which are part of global businesses, with
good prospects for these projects to be launched as consumer
products. Interest in the technology exists in all major global
markets.
The Company reported in its interim results on 29 December 2017
that the Company and DSM had seen an encouraging increase in brand
awareness and customer interest in Fruitflow(R) in recent months,
with the total projected annual sales value of the prospective
sales pipeline for Fruitflow(R) continuing to increase and standing
then at a further new all-time high level.
In June 2016 the Company launched a high quality dietary
supplement product containing Fruitflow(R) and Omega-3 which is
being sold from a separate, dedicated website www.fruitflowplus.com
on a mail order basis.
The Company conducted a Key Opinion Leaders' roundtable event
for Fruitflow(R) in London in September 2016, focussed on raising
awareness of the importance of blood flow in cardiovascular health,
and the effectiveness of dietary antiplatelets. The roundtable was
attended by key scientists from Provexis and DSM, along with a
number of interested health care professionals with close links to
the media. The event was recorded and a video for Fruitflow(R) +
Omega-3 capsules targeting prospective consumers can be seen here
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3HCSdyupEY&t=48s
The Company and DSM are keen to secure greater medical advocacy
for Fruitflow(R) and the roundtable event forms part of this
strategy.
The roundtable event is being supported by a broader consumer PR
campaign, and the Company's Fruitflow(R) + Omega-3 dietary
supplement product has featured in a number of recent articles in
the UK national press which can be seen here
www.fruitflowplus.com/fruitflow-in-the-media
The Company has been engaged in a two stage collaboration
agreement with the University of Oslo to undertake further research
into the relationship between Fruitflow(R) and blood pressure
regulation. In December 2016 the Company announced the results from
the second stage of the collaboration, a pilot study which
indicated that a standard dose of Fruitflow(R) in powder format
significantly lowered average 24-hour systolic blood pressure
compared to placebo. Both systolic and diastolic blood pressure
were shown to be significantly lower whilst trial subjects were
awake, a clinically relevant reduction in blood pressure which is
expected to be of interest to a large number of consumers and
patients with a wide range of cardiovascular conditions. In
September 2017 the results from the blood pressure collaboration
were published in the International Journal of Food Sciences and
Nutrition.
In April 2017 the Company announced that it had entered into a
memorandum of understanding with BY-HEALTH Co., Ltd ('BY-HEALTH')
which is intended to result in a research and collaboration
agreement with BY-HEALTH for Fruitflow(R). The Company also
confirmed separately that Provexis and DSM are working with
BY-HEALTH to support the planned launch of some Fruitflow(R) based
products in the Chinese market.
BY-HEALTH is a substantial Chinese listed dietary supplement
business which is currently valued in excess of GBP2bn.
Provexis was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Reading,
Berkshire.
Provexis shares are traded on the AIM market of the London Stock
Exchange under the ticker symbol PXS.
For further information, please visit www.provexis.com
This information is provided by RNS
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