Confirmation of Sale of Alva business

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Omega Diagnostics Group PLC
07 March 2022
 

 

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OMEGA DIAGNOSTICS GROUP PLC

("Omega" or the "Company" or the "Group")

 

Confirmation of Sale of Alva manufacturing business

 

Omega (AIM: ODX), the specialist medical diagnostics company focused on industry-leading Health & Nutrition and Global Health (CD4 and COVID-19) products, announces it has completed the conditional sale and purchase agreement (the "Agreement" or the "Sale") with Accubio Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Zhejiang Orient Gene Biotech Co. Ltd ("Orient Gene") in relation to the sale of Omega's diagnostic test kit manufacturing business and facility in Alva, Scotland, for a cash consideration of £1m. 

 

The manufacturing business has been sold as a going concern, with approximately 93 full-time employees based in Alva transferring across with the business, with no resultant redundancies. The Agreement also covers the sale of certain fixed assets, including plant and equipment (although not any Government-funded equipment on site), as well as the assignment of the lease for the Alva site.

 

As previously announced, the transitional services agreement addresses the ongoing requirements for the site to continue to produce Lateral Flow Tests for Omega, particularly the VISITECT®CD4 Advanced Disease test. These arrangements cover the period to December 2022.

 

Jag Grewal, CEO of Omega, commented:  "We are extremely pleased to confirm the sale of the historical Alva site today, ensuring job security for all employees transferring to Accubio. This is the first step in our planned strategy to reshape and restructure the business."

 

Contacts: 

Omega Diagnostics Group PLC 

www.omegadx.com

Jag Grewal, Chief Executive Officer 

via Walbrook PR

Chris Lea, Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

finnCap Ltd  

Tel: 020 7220 0500

Geoff Nash/Edward Whiley/George Dollemore (Corporate Finance)

 

Alice Lane/ Charlotte Sutcliffe (ECM)

 

 

 

Walbrook PR Limited

Tel: 020 7933 8780 or omega@walbrookpr.com

Paul McManus

Mob: 07980 541 893

Lianne Applegarth

Mob: 07584 391 303

Sam Allen

Mob: 07502 558 258

       

 

About Omega Diagnostics Group PLC

Omega manufactures and distributes high quality in-vitro diagnostic products for use in hospitals, clinics, laboratories and healthcare practitioners in over 75 countries and specialise in the areas of health and nutrition and global health.

www.omegadx.com

 

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