Issue of Equity & PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 3445T

Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy

11 October 2017

 

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Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy

("Faron" or the "Company")

Issue of Equity
and
PDMR Shareholding

TURKU - FINLAND, 2.00 P.M. BST, 11 October 2017 - Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy ("Faron" or "Company") (LON: FARN), the clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, is pleased to announce the registration and issue of the Second Issue Shares in relation to the Placing and Subscription announced on 5 October 2017.

The Second Issue Shares, being 586,037 Placing Shares and 66,365 Subscription Shares, are credited as fully paid and rank pari passu with the existing Ordinary Shares in issue in all respects, including the right to receive all dividends or other distributions declared, made or paid by the Company.

Application has been made to the London Stock Exchange for admission to trading on AIM of the 652,402 Second Issue Shares ("Admission"), and it is expected that Admission of the Second Issue Shares will become effective and that dealings in the Second Issue Shares will commence on or around 8.00 a.m. (BST) on 13 October 2017.

Faron's enlarged issued number of shares immediately following registration and Admission of the Second Issue Shares will be 29,164,544 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 29,164,544 (the "Enlarged Number of Shares and Votes"). 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 Enlarged Number of Shares and Votes of the Company.

Director/PDMR Shareholding

Dr Frank Armstrong has subscribed for 1,250 Subscription Shares at the Issue Price, to be completed within Admission of the Second Issue Shares. The beneficial interests of Dr Frank Armstrong in the issued shares and votes of the Company is set out below:

	Before Placing and Subscription			After Placing and Subscription
Director/PDMR	Number of Ordinary Shares held	Holding as a % of the Company's existing issued shares and votes	Number of Subscription Shares subscribed for	Number of Ordinary Shares held	Holding as a % of the Company's Enlarged Number of Shares and Votes
Dr Frank Armstrong	7,846	0.03%	1,250	9,096	0.03%

The participation by Dr Frank Armstrong in the Placing and Subscription constitutes a related party transaction for the purposes of the AIM Rules. The independent directors for the purpose of the Placing and Subscription, being all directors of the Company other than Dr Frank Armstrong, having consulted with the Company's nominated adviser, Cairn, consider that the terms of the related party transaction are fair and reasonable insofar as the Shareholders are concerned.

The information contained within this announcement constitutes inside information stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014.

All capitalised terms in this announcement are with reference to the announcement made by Faron at 7.00 a.m. (BST) on 5 October 2017.

ENDS

For more information please contact:

Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy

Dr Markku Jalkanen, Chief Executive Officer

E-mail: [e-mail]

Consilium Strategic Communications

Mary-Jane Elliott, Chris Welsh, Philippa Gardner, Lindsey Neville

Phone: [phone]

E-Mail: [e-mail]

Westwicke Partners, IR (US)

Chris Brinzey

Phone: [phone]

E-Mail: [e-mail]

Cairn Financial Advisers LLP, Nominated Adviser

Emma Earl, Tony Rawlinson

Phone: [phone]

Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited, Sole Bookrunner and Corporate Broker

Freddy Crossley, Duncan Monteith (Corporate Finance)

Tom Salvesen (Corporate Broking)

Phone: [phone]

Whitman Howard Limited, Joint Corporate Broker

Ranald McGregor-Smith, Francis North

Phone: [phone]

About Faron Pharmaceuticals Ltd

Faron (AIM:FARN) is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel treatments for medical conditions with significant unmet needs. The Company currently has a pipeline focusing on acute organ traumas, vascular damage and cancer immunotherapy. The Company's lead candidate Traumakine, to prevent vascular leakage and organ failures, is currently the only treatment for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) undergoing Phase III clinical trials.  There is currently no approved pharmaceutical treatment for ARDS. An additional European Phase II Traumakine trial is underway for the Rupture of Abdominal Aorta Aneurysm ("RAAA"). Faron's second candidate Clevegen is a ground breaking pre-clinical anti-Clever-1 antibody. Clevegen has the ability to switch immune suppression to immune activation in various conditions, with potential across oncology, infectious disease and vaccine development. This novel macrophage-directed immuno-oncology switch called Tumour Immunity Enabling Technology ("TIET") may be used alone or in combination with other immune checkpoint molecules for the treatment of cancer patients. Faron is based in Turku, Finland. Further information is available at  www.faron.com

Caution regarding forward looking statements

Certain statements in this announcement, are, or may be deemed to be, forward looking statements. Forward looking statements are identified by their use of terms and phrases such as ''believe'', ''could'', "should", "expect", ''envisage'', ''estimate'', ''intend'', ''may'', ''plan'', ''potentially'', ''will'' or the negative of those, variations or comparable expressions, including references to assumptions. These forward looking statements are not based on historical facts but rather on the Directors' current expectations and assumptions regarding the Company's future growth, results of operations, performance, future capital and other expenditures (including the amount, nature and sources of funding thereof), competitive advantages, business prospects and opportunities. Such forward looking statements reflect the Directors' current beliefs and assumptions and are based on information currently available to the Directors.

A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from the results and expectations discussed in the forward looking statements, many of which are beyond the control of the Company. In particular, the outcome of clinical trials (including, but not limited to the Company's INTEREST trial) may not be favourable or clinical trials over and above those currently planned may be required before the Company is able to apply for marketing approval for a product.  In addition,  other factors which could cause actual results to differ materially include risks associated with vulnerability to general economic and business conditions, competition, environmental and other regulatory changes, actions by governmental authorities, the availability of capital markets, reliance on key personnel, uninsured and underinsured losses and other factors.  Although any forward looking statements contained in this announcement are based upon what the Directors believe to be reasonable assumptions, the Company cannot assure investors that actual results will be consistent with such forward looking statements. Accordingly, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward looking statements. Subject to any continuing obligations under applicable law or any relevant AIM Rule requirements, in providing this information the Company does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any of the forward looking statements or to advise of any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based. 

 

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