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Roquefort Therapeutics PLC

02 August 2023

2 August 2023

Roquefort Therapeutics plc

("Roquefort Therapeutics" or the "Company")

Director/PDMR Shareholding

Roquefort Therapeutics (LSE:ROQ, OTCQB:ROQAF), the Main Market listed biotech company focused on developing first in class drugs in the high value and high growth oncology segment, advises that Dr Darrin Disley, a Non-Executive Director, has purchased ordinary shares in the Company, as detailed below:

 
 Number of Ordinary     Average Price   Total Consideration 
             Shares    Paid Per Share                  Paid 
            269,935        7.35 pence          GBP19,999.95 
                     ----------------  --------------------

Following the above purchase of shares, Dr Disley holds an interest in 1,495,901 Company ordinary shares, representing 1.16% of the Company's issued share capital.

-ENDS-

Enquiries:

 
  Roquefort Therapeutics plc 
   Stephen West (Chairman) / Ajan          +44 (0)20 3918 
    Reginald (CEO)                                   8633 
   Hybridan LLP (Joint Broker) 
    Claire Louise Noyce 
 
    Optiva Securities Limited (Joint       +44 (0)20 3764 
    Broker)                                          2341 
                                           +44 (0)20 3411 
   Christian Dennis                                  1881 
 
    Buchanan (Public Relations) 
    Ben Romney / Jamie Hooper / George     +44 (0)20 7466 
    Beale                                            5000

LEI: 254900P4SISIWOR9RH34

About Roquefort Therapeutics

Roquefort Therapeutics (LSE:ROQ, OTCQB:ROQAF ) is a Main Market listed biotech company developing first in class drugs in the high value and high growth oncology segment prior to partnering or selling to big pharma.

Since listing in March 2021, Roquefort Therapeutics has successfully acquired Lyramid Pty Limited, a leader in the development of medicines for a new therapeutic target, Midkine (a human growth factor associated with cancer progression), and most recently acquired Oncogeni Ltd, founded by Nobel Laureate Professor Sir Martin Evans, which has developed two families of innovative cell and RNA oncology medicines.

Roquefort Therapeutics' portfolio consists of five fully funded, novel patent-protected pre-clinical anti-cancer medicines. The highly complementary profile of five best-in-class medicines consists of:

   --    Midkine antibodies with significant in vivo efficacy and toxicology studies; 
   --    Midkine RNA therapeutics with novel anti-cancer gene editing action; 
   --    Midkine mRNA therapeutics with novel anti-cancer approach; 
   --    STAT-6 siRNA therapeutics targeting solid tumours with significant in vivo efficacy; and 
   --    MK cell therapy with direct and NK-mediated anti-cancer action

For further information on Roquefort Therapeutics, please visit www.roquefortplc.com and @RoquefortTherap on Twitter.

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the UK version of Market Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 on Market Abuse as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, as amended ("UK MAR").

The notification below, made in accordance with the requirements of the UK MAR, provides further detail:

NOTIFICATION AND PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF TRANSACTIONS BY PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND PERSONS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THEM

 
       Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities 
  1     / person closely associated 
 a)    Name                              Dr Darrin Disley 
      --------------------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
       Reason for the notification 
  2 
      -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Position/status                   Non-Executive Director 
      --------------------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 b)    Initial notification              Initial 
        /Amendment 
      --------------------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
       Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
  3     auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
      -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Name                              Roquefort Therapeutics plc 
      --------------------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 b)    LEI                               254900P4SISIWOR9RH34 
      --------------------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
       Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated 
  4     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                Ordinary shares of GBP0.01 par value 
        financial instrument, 
        type of instrument                ISIN: GB00BMDQ2T15 
        Identification code 
      --------------------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 b)    Nature of the transaction         Purchase of 269,935 ordinary shares 
      --------------------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 c)    Price(s) and volume(s)            Price(s)                     Volume(s) 
      --------------------------------  ----------------------------  ---------- 
   7.35 pence per share                                                  269,935 
  ------------------------------------------------------------------  ---------- 
 d     Aggregated information 
        - Aggregated volume                      *    269,935 
        - Price 
 
                                                 *    7.35p 
      --------------------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 e)    Date of the transactions          1 August 2023 
      --------------------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 f)    Place of the transactions         London Stock Exchange (XLON); Main 
                                          Market 
      --------------------------------  ----------------------------------------

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