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Fusion Antibodies plc
("Fusion" or the "Company")
Result of General Meeting
Total Voting Rights
Fusion Antibodies plc (AIM: FAB), specialists in pre-clinical antibody discovery, engineering and supply for both therapeutic drug and diagnostic applications, announces that all resolutions put to shareholders at the Company's General Meeting held earlier today have been passed. As a result, the 1,124,214 Second Placing Shares being issued pursuant to the Placing announced on 28 April 2020 are expected to be admitted to trading on AIM on 20 May 2020 ("Admission") to complete the Placing. Voting at the general meeting was conducted by way of a poll. The Company will publish the detailed voting results on its website, www.fusionantibodies.com, later today.
Total Voting Rights
On Admission, the Company will have 25,424,525 ordinary shares of 4p each in issue, each with one voting right. There are no shares held in treasury. Therefore, the Company's total number of ordinary shares and voting rights is 25,424,525.
The above figure of 25,424,525 may be used by shareholders from Admission 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 FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
Defined terms used in this announcement shall have the same meaning as in the announcement of 28 April 2020 unless otherwise defined herein.
Enquiries:
Fusion Antibodies plc | www.fusionantibodies.com |
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Dr Paul Kerr, Chief Executive Officer | Via Walbrook PR |
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James Fair, Chief Financial Officer |
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Allenby Capital Limited | Tel: +44 (0)20 3328 5656 |
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James Reeve / Asha Chotai |
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Walbrook PR | Tel: +44 (0)20 7933 8780 or fusion@walbrookpr.com |
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Anna Dunphy | Mob: +44 (0)7876 741 001 |
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Paul McManus | Mob: +44 (0)7980 541 893 |
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About Fusion Antibodies plc
Fusion is a Belfast based contract research organisation ("CRO") providing a range of antibody engineering services for the development of antibodies for both therapeutic drug and diagnostic applications.
The Company's ordinary shares were admitted to trading on AIM on 18 December 2017. Fusion provides a broad range of services in antibody generation, development, production, characterisation and optimisation. These services include antigen expression, antibody production, purification and sequencing, antibody humanisation using Fusion's proprietary CDRx TM platform and the production of antibody generating stable cell lines to provide material for use in clinical trials. Since 2012, the Company has successfully sequenced and expressed over 250 antibodies and successfully completed over 100 humanisation projects and has an international, blue-chip client base, which has included eight of the top 10 global pharmaceutical companies by revenue.
The Company was established in 2001 as a spin out from Queen's University Belfast. The Company's mission is to enable pharmaceutical and diagnostic companies to develop innovative products in a timely and cost-effective manner for the benefit of the global healthcare industry. Fusion Antibodies provides a broad range of services in antibody generation, development, production, characterisation and optimisation.
Fusion Antibodies growth strategy is based on combining the latest technological advances with cutting edge science to deliver new platforms that will enable Pharma and Biotechs get to the clinic faster, with the optimal drug candidate and ultimately speed up the drug development process.
The global monoclonal antibody therapeutics market was valued at $135.4 billion in 2018 and is forecast to surpass $212.6 billion in 2022, an increase at a CAGR of 12.0 per cent. for the period 2018 to 2022. In 2017, seven of the world's ten top selling drugs were antibody-based therapeutics with the combined annual sales of these drugs exceeding $63.2 billion.