Issue of Equity

RNS Number : 0189V

Avacta Group PLC

04 August 2015

 



4 August 2015

Avacta Group plc

("Avacta", the "Company" or the "Group")

Issue of Equity

Avacta Group plc (AIM: AVCT), the global provider of proprietary diagnostic tools, consumables and reagents for life sciences, today announces that 500,000 Ordinary Shares of 0.1p ("new Ordinary Shares") have been issued by the Company pursuant to the exercise of share options by an employee.

Application will be made for the new Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM and dealings are expected to commence on 7 August 2015.

The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue following the above issue will be 6,740,149,550 each with voting rights.  No Ordinary Shares are held in Treasury.

The above figure of 6,740,149,550 shares may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in the Company under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

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For further information:

Avacta Group plc Alastair Smith, Chief Executive Officer Tim Sykes, Chief Financial Officer	Tel:  [phone] www.avacta.com
Numis Securities Limited     Michael Meade / Freddie Barnfield - Nominated Adviser James Black - Corporate Broking	Tel:  [phone] www.numiscorp.com
Media Enquiries FTI Consulting Simon Conway/Natalie Garland-Collins	Tel: [phone] [e-mail]

About Avacta Group plc - www.avacta.com

Avacta Group plc is a global provider of innovative technologies, consumables and reagents for the life science markets, from drug discovery to diagnostics. Avacta operates through two divisions:

Avacta Animal Health www.avactaanimalhealth.com	Veterinary diagnostics reference laboratory and diagnostic kit provider.
Avacta Life Sciences www.avactalifesciences.com	Novel non-antibody affinity reagents called Affimers, with a wide range of Life Science applications in diagnostics, drug and biomarker discover and biotech research and development.

 

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