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hVIVO plc

("hVIVO", the "Company" or the "Group")

Option Exercise, Director/PDMR Shareholding, and Total Voting Rights

hVIVO plc (AIM: HVO), a full-service Contract Research Organisation (CRO) and the world leader in human challenge clinical trials, was notified that 202,092 options were exercised by a number of existing hVIVO employees, including Chief Financial Officer, Stephen Pinkerton, under the terms of the Company's 2020 Long Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP") at £0.02 per ordinary share.

Following this transaction, Mr Pinkerton's holding in the Company is as detailed below:

Application will be made for 202,092 new Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM. Admission is expected to become effective on 16 April 2025. Following Admission, the Company will have 687,014,088 Ordinary Shares in issue. All Ordinary Shares shall have equal voting rights and none of the Ordinary Shares are held in treasury. The total number of voting rights in the Company immediately following Admission will therefore be 687,014,088.

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The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulation ("MAR") EU no.596/2014. Upon the publication of this announcement via Regulatory Information Service ("RIS"), this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain. 

Notes to Editors

hVIVO plc (Ticker: HVO) is full-service Contract Research Organisation (CRO) and the global leader in human challenge trials. The company delivers end-to-end clinical development services to a diverse and expanding client base, including seven of the world's ten largest biopharma companies.

hVIVO specialises in conducting human challenge trials across multiple infectious and respiratory indications, leveraging its state-of-the-art quarantine facility in London-the largest of its kind worldwide. The company also offers comprehensive virology and immunology laboratory services under the hLAB brand.

Through its German subsidiary, CRS, hVIVO operates a 120-bed capacity across Mannheim and Kiel, providing early-phase clinical trial services, including first-in-human and proof-of-concept studies. Its second subsidiary, Venn Life Sciences, offers Early Drug Development Consulting and Biometry services to the biopharma sector.

The Group provides fully integrated drug development solutions from preclinical stages through Phase II trials, alongside patient recruitment via FluCamp. Additionally, its five clinical sites support outpatient Phase II and III trials, ensuring a seamless and efficient pathway from discovery to late-stage development.

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