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Faron Pharmaceuticals Oy
("Faron" or the "Company")
Grant of options
TURKU - FINLAND, 21 November 2016 - Faron Pharmaceuticals Ltd ("Faron") (LON: FARN), the clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, announces that on 18 November 2016 the Board of Faron granted 400,000 options over ordinary shares in the Company ("Options") under the Faron 2015 Option Plan at an exercise price of 290 euro cents per share. The options are exercisable between 8 October 2016 and 30 September 2021. The details of the 2015 Option Plan are described in the AIM Admission Document dated 11 November 2015, which is available on Company's website.
The granted 400,000 options represent 1.49% of the fully-diluted Ordinary Share Capital of the Company.
Included in the number of options granted on 18 November 2016, the following options were issued to Directors and other Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility ("PDMRs"):
Director | Options granted |
Frank Armstrong | 40,000 |
Matti Manner | 20,000 |
Markku Jalkanen | 80,000 |
Yrjö E K Wichmann | 30,000 |
Juho Jalkanen | 20,000 |
Jonathan Knowles | 20,000 |
Huaizheng Peng | 20,000 |
Leopoldo Zambeletti | 20,000 |
Total directors | 250,000 |
PDMRs | |
Ilse Piippo | 37 400 |
Mikael Maksimow | 28 100 |
Matti Karvonen | 28 100 |
Total PDMRs | 93 600 |
For more information please contact:
Faron Pharmaceuticals Ltd
Katja Wallenlind
Phone +358 (50) 577 4807
E-mail: katja.wallenlind@faronpharmaceuticals.com
Hume Brophy, PR
Mary Clark, Eva Haas, Hollie Vile
Phone: +44 207 862 6390
E-mail: faron@humebrophy.com
Cairn Financial Advisers LLP, Nominated Adviser
Emma Earl, Tony Rawlinson, Rebecca Anderson
Phone: +44 207 213 0880
Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited, Joint Broker
Freddy Crossley, Duncan Monteith (Corporate Finance)
Tom Salvesen (Corporate Broking)
Phone: +44 207 886 2500
Whitman Howard Limited, Nominated Broker
Ranald McGregor-Smith, Francis North
Phone: +44 207 659 1234
About Faron Pharmaceuticals Ltd
Faron 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, cancer immunotherapy and vascular damage. The pipeline is built on Faron's scientific knowledge and control of the endothelial barrier, the membrane of cells lining blood and lymphatic vessels to separate blood content from tissues. The Company's lead candidate Traumakine® is in development for the treatment of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome ("ARDS"), a rare, severe, life-threatening medical condition characterised by widespread inflammation in the lungs. Traumakine is currently in pan-European (INTEREST) and Japanese pivotal Phase III studies. Additionally, Faron is developing Clevegen® a ground breaking pre-clinical anti-Clever-1 antibody. Clevegen has the ability to convert the immune environment around a tumour from being immune suppressive to immune stimulating. This novel macrophage-directed immuno-oncology approach is called Tumour Immunity Enabling Technology ("TIET") and can be used alone or in combination with other immune checkpoint molecules for the treatment of cancer patients. New application opportunities related to TIET cover chronic infections and inefficient vaccination. Based in Turku, Finland, Faron Pharmaceuticals is listed on AIM under the ticker 'FARN'. Further information is available at www.faronpharmaceuticals.com
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(s) | 1. Dr Markku Jalkanen 2. Dr Frank Armstrong 3. Matti Manner 4. Dr Juho Jalkanen 5. Yrjö Wichmann 6. Leopoldo Zambeletti 7. Dr Huaizheng Peng 8. Professor Jonathan Knowles
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2 | Reason for notification |
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a. | Position/Status | Directors of the Company | |||||||||||||||||||
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 instrumentIdentification Code | Options over ordinary sharesISIN: FI4000153309 | |||||||||||||||||||
b. | Nature of the transaction | Grant of Options to subscribe for Ordinary Shares | |||||||||||||||||||
c. | Price(s) and volume(s) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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d. | Aggregated information
- Aggregated Volume
- Price | 250,000 | |||||||||||||||||||
e. | Date of the transaction | 18 November 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||
f. | Place of the transaction | Turku
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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 | 1. Ilse Piippo 2. Mikael Mksimow 3. Matti Karvonen
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2 | Reason for notification |
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a. | Position/Status | Person discharging managerial responsibilities | ||||||||||
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 instrumentIdentification Code | Options over ordinary sharesISIN: FI4000153309 | ||||||||||
b. | Nature of the transaction | Grant of Options to subscribe for Ordinary Shares | ||||||||||
c. | Price(s) and volume(s) | |||||||||||
Price(s) | Volume(s) | |||||||||||
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d. | Aggregated information
- Aggregated Volume
- Price | 93,600 | ||||||||||
e. | Date of the transaction | 18 November 2016 | ||||||||||
f. | Place of the transaction | Turku
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