Last checked at 14 Jun 2023 08:00
hVIVO plc
("hVIVO" or the "Company")
Director dealings
hVIVO plc (AIM & Euronext: HVO), (formerly Open Orphan plc) announces that it has received notification that Yamin 'Mo' Khan, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, yesterday acquired 13,526 ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each in the capital of the Company as a result of a dividend reinvestment plan. Following the purchase of shares Mo holds 523,730 ordinary shares representing approximately 0.08 per cent of the Company's issued ordinary capital.
For further information please contact:
hVIVO plc | +44 (0) 20 7756 1300 | ||
Yamin 'Mo' Khan, Chief Executive Officer Stephen Pinkerton, Chief Financial Officer | |||
Liberum Capital (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker) | +44 (0) 20 3100 2000 | ||
Ben Cryer, Edward Mansfield, Phil Walker, Will King | |||
finnCap plc (Joint Broker) | +44 (0) 20 7220 0500 | ||
Geoff Nash, Charlie Beeson, Nigel Birks, Harriet Ward (ECM) | |||
Davy (Euronext Growth Adviser and Joint Broker) | +353 (0) 1 679 6363 | ||
Anthony Farrell, Niall Gilchrist | |||
Walbrook PR (Financial PR & IR) Stephanie Cuthbert / Phillip Marriage /Louis Ashe-Jepson | +44 (0) 20 7933 8780 or hvivo@walbrookpr.com +44 (0) 7796 794 663 / +44 (0) 7867 984 082 /+44 (0) 7747 515 393 | ||
Notes to Editors
About hVIVO
hVIVO plc (ticker: HVO) (formerly Open Orphan plc) is a rapidly growing specialist contract research organisation (CRO) and the world leader in testing infectious and respiratory disease vaccines and therapeutics using human challenge clinical trials. The Group provides end-to-end early clinical development services to its large, established and growing repeat client base, which includes four of the top 10 largest global biopharma companies.
The Group's fast-growing services business includes a unique portfolio of 11 human challenge models, with a number of new models under development, to test a broad range of infectious and respiratory disease products. The Company has world class challenge agent manufacturing, specialist drug development and clinical consultancy services via its Venn Life Sciences brand, and a lab offering via its hLAB brand, which includes virology, immunology biomarker and molecular testing. The Group offers additional clinical field trial services such as patient recruitment and clinical trial site services.
hVIVO runs challenge studies in London from its Whitechapel quarantine clinic, its state-of-the-art QMB clinic with its highly specialised on-site virology and immunology laboratory, and its clinic in Plumbers Row. To recruit volunteers / patients for its studies, the Company leverages its unique clinical trial recruitment capability via its FluCamp volunteer screening facilities in London and Manchester.
Notification of transactions by Directors, Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs") and persons closely associated with them.
1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | Yamin Khan | ||||
2. | Reason for the Notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | Chief Executive Officer | ||||
b) | Initial notification/amendment | Initial notification | ||||
3. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | hVIVO plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 213800VT5KBM7JLIV118 | ||||
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 | Ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each | ||||
Identification code | ESVUFR ISIN GB00B9275X97 | |||||
b) | Nature of the Transaction | Purchase of ordinary shares pursuant to a dividend reinvestment plan | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | As above | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 13/06/2023 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange | ||||