Exercise of options

Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy

31 August 2023

 

Faron Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

("Faron")

Exercise of options, Directors Dealing

Issue of equity

Company announcement, August 31, 2023 at 14:00 p.m. BST / 16:00 p.m. EEST

TURKU, FINLAND / BOSTON, MA - Faron Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (AIM: FARN, First North: FARON), a clinical- stage biopharmaceutical company focused on tackling cancers via novel immunotherapies, announces that it has received notifications from option holders to exercise 2015B options over 18,022 in the Company at an exercise price of EUR 2.90 (approx. GBP 2.48) per share, raising gross proceeds of approx. EUR 52,264 (approx. GBP   44,695)  and 2015D options over 67,127 shares in the Company at an exercise price of EUR 1.09 (approx. GBP 0.93) per share, raising gross proceeds of approx. EUR 73,168 (approx. 62,428), under the Company's 2015 Option Plan ("New Ordinary Shares"). The terms and conditions of the 2015 Option Plan are available on the Company's website at

consolidated-terms-and-conditions-of-the-option-plan-2015.pdf (faron.com)

As part of the above exercise of 2015D options, John Poulos, Non-Executive Director of the Company, has given notice to exercise options over 20,000 new ordinary shares at exercise price of EUR 1.09 (approx. GBP 0.93). Following this exercise and admission, John Poulos will be interested in 20,000 ordinary shares in the Company, representing 0.03% of the Company's enlarged issued share capital.

The notification below, which has been made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, provides further detail.

Notification of a Transaction pursuant to Article 19(1) of Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014
1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a.	Name	John Poulos
2	Reason for notification
a.	Position/Status	Non-Executive Director
b.	Initial notification/ Amendment	Initial Notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a.	Name	Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy
b.	LEI	7437009H31TO1DC0EB42
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 the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification Code	Options over ordinary shares ISIN: FI4000153309
b.	Nature of the transaction	Exercise of options to acquire ordinary shares at an exercise price of EUR 1.09 (approx. GBP 0.93)
c.	Price(s) and volume(s)
			Price(s)	Volume(s)
			EUR 1.09 (approx. GBP 0.93)	20,000
d.	Aggregated information - Aggregated Volume - Price	N/A
e.	Date of the transaction	August 28, 2023
f.	Place of the transaction	AIM & Nasdaq First North Growth Market

Applications will be made to the London Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Helsinki to admit the New Ordinary Shares to trading on AIM and Nasdaq First North Growth Market, respectively. Admission of the New Ordinary Shares is expected to occur on or around September 11, 2023 following issue and registration of the New Ordinary Shares on or around September 12, 2023 ("Registration"). The New Ordinary Shares will rank pari passu with existing ordinary shares.

Faron's enlarged issued number of shares immediately following Registration will be 66,246,522 ordinary shares with voting rights attached. The Company has no shares in treasury; therefore upon, and subject to, Registration, the total number of voting rights in Faron will be 66,246,522. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine whether they are required to notify an interest in, or a change to their interest in, the issued shares and votes of the Company.

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 ("MAR").

For more information please contact: 

Investor Contact 

LifeSci Advisors 

Daniel Ferry 

Managing Director 

[e-mail] 

[phone] 

Media Contact 

Faron Pharmaceuticals 

Jennifer C. Smith-Parker 

Head of Communications 

[e-mail] 

Cairn Financial Advisers LLP, Nomad 

Sandy Jamieson, Jo Turner 

Phone: [phone] 

Peel Hunt LLP, Broker 

Christopher Golden, James Steel 

Phone: [phone] 

Sisu Partners Oy, Certified Adviser on Nasdaq First North 

Juha Karttunen 

Phone: [phone] 

Jukka Järvelä 

Phone: [phone] 

About Faron Pharmaceuticals Ltd. 

Faron (AIM: FARN, First North: FARON) is a global, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, focused on tackling cancers via novel immunotherapies. Its mission is to bring the promise of immunotherapy to a broader population by uncovering novel ways to control and harness the power of the immune system. The Company's lead asset is bexmarilimab, a novel anti-Clever-1 humanized antibody, with the potential to remove immunosuppression of cancers through targeting myeloid cell function. Bexmarilimab is being investigated in Phase I/II clinical trials as a potential therapy for patients with hematological cancers in combination with other standard treatments. Further information is available at www.faron.com. 

 

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