Director dealing

RNS Number : 3213R

Evgen Pharma PLC

05 March 2021

 

5 March 2021

Evgen Pharma plc

("Evgen Pharma" or "the Company")

Director dealing

Evgen Pharma plc (AIM: EVG), a clinical stage drug development company, has been notified that Richard Moulson, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, has purchased 3,787 ordinary shares of 0.25 pence each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at a purchase price of 8 pence per Ordinary Share, as part of the Open Offer in the recent Fundraise. Following this purchase, Richard Moulson holds a total of 45,454 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 0.02 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital.

Enquiries:

Evgen Pharma plc Barry Clare, Chairman Dr Huw Jones, CEO Richard Moulson, CFO	Via Walbrook
finnCap Geoff Nash / Teddy Whiley (Corporate Finance) Alice Lane / Sunila de Silva (ECM) www.finncap.com	[phone]
Walbrook PR   Paul McManus/ Anna Dunphy	[phone] or  [e-mail] [phone] / [phone]

About Evgen Pharma plc  

Evgen Pharma is a clinical stage drug development company developing sulforaphane based medicines for the treatment of multiple diseases. The Company's core technology is Sulforadex®, a method for synthesising and stabilising the naturally occurring compound sulforaphane and novel proprietary analogues based on sulforaphane. The lead product, SFX-01, is a patented composition of synthetic sulforaphane and alpha-cyclodextrin.

Clinical data from the Company's open-label Phase II STEM trial has shown that SFX-01 can halt the growth of progressing tumours in patients with oestrogen-positive (ER+) metastatic breast cancer, and in some cases significantly shrink the tumour, whilst causing very few side effects.

The Company commenced operations in January 2008 and has its headquarters at The Colony, Wilmslow, Cheshire, and its registered office is at the Liverpool Science Park, Liverpool. It joined the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange in October 2015 and trades under the ticker symbol EVG.  

For further information, please visit:  www.evgen.com  

Accordingly, the Company makes the following announcement and notification in accordance with the EU Market Abuse Regulation (No 596/2014):

1.	Details of  Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities "PDMR" / person closely associated with them ('PCA')
a)	Name	Richard Moulson
2.	Reason for notification
b)	Position / status	CFO
c)	Initial notification / amendment	Initial Notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
b)	Name	Evgen Pharma plc
c)	LEI	213800NO3E6TSTQO8K20
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 Identification code	ordinary shares of 0.25p each GB00BSVYN304
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of shares pursuant to the Open Offer
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £0.08 3,787
d)	Aggregated information Aggregated volume Price	As above
e)	Date of the transaction	3 March 2021
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON)

 

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