9th Dec 2015 18:04
Rex Bionics plc
("Rex Bionics" or the "Company")
Grant of options
9 December 2015: Rex Bionics plc (AIM: RXB) "Rex Bionics" or the "Company"), the pioneer of the REX Robot technology that enhances the mobility of wheelchair users, announces that on 9 December 2015 the Board of Rex Bionics granted options ("Options") over 141,163 ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at an exercise price of 10 pence per Ordinary Share. The Options represent in aggregate 0.79% of the existing issued share capital.
The Options are being issued under the Company's Deferred Bonus Share Plan, which was established by the Board to enable certain annual management remuneration to be paid in options over Ordinary Shares rather than in cash. They are exercisable at any time up to the third anniversary of the date of grant, with no vesting requirements.
The following Options granted to Directors were included in the total Options granted on 9 December 2015:
Director | Options awarded |
Crispin Simon | 35,959 |
Peter Worrall | 34,247 |
Following the issue of the Options, the interests of Mr Simon and Mr Worrall are as follows:
Director | Options | Ordinary Shares | Total interest | Percentage holding of fully diluted share capital |
Crispin Simon | 215,959 | 35,000 | 250,959 | 1.15% |
Peter Worrall (1) | 184,247 | 19,556 | 203,803 | 1.06% |
Note 1. Peter Worrall's shareholding includes 19,556 shares held by his pension plan.
For further information please contact:
Rex Bionics Plc
Peter Worrall, Chief Financial Officer
+44 (0) 142 864 5416
Stifel Securities Limited (NOMAD and Broker)
Jonathan Senior
+44 (0) 20 7710 7600
Consilium Strategic Communications
Jessica Hodgson / Chris Welsh / Lindsey Neville
+44 (0) 203 709 5700
About Rex Bionics plc
Rex Bionics (AIM: RXB) is the pioneer of the REX Robot that enhances the mobility of wheelchair users and was founded in Auckland, New Zealand by two robotics engineers with first-hand experience of wheelchair users and their needs.
Rex Bionics is working with physiotherapists to develop the concept and practice of Robot-Assisted Physiotherapy (RAP). In a session of RAP, REX lifts patients from a sitting position into a robot-supported standing position, allowing them to take part in a set of supported walking and stretching exercises, designed by specialist physiotherapists.
In addition, REX P, for use in the home, enables users to walk and stand with their hands free - providing more work and recreation options. Our vision is to commercialise an all-day use REX P for a target market segment of wheel chair users with a spinal cord injury, who number around 500,000 people in the US and EU alone.
Wheelchair users are at risk of developing numerous medical complications from extended periods of sitting. By enabling them to spend more time standing, walking and exercising, REX may offer significant health benefits, including improved sleep and maintenance of joint range, and a reduction in spasm, pain, common abdominal problems and prescription drug use.
A programme of "RAPPER" clinical trials is now under way to evaluate these potential benefits and a positive interim analysis of the RAPPER II data was presented on 27th November 2015. Recruitment for RAPPER II remains open and clinics and individuals can send enquiries to [email protected].
Until now, REX has most commonly been used by wheelchair users with a spinal cord injury, but has also been used by people who have suffered a stroke or other traumatic brain injury; and wheelchair users with multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy and cerebral palsy.
Rex Bionics has three Strategic Objectives - to establish Robot-Assisted Physiotherapy as a Gold Standard of Care for Spinal Cord Injury, Stroke and other neurological conditions; to establish REX as the market-leading robotic mobility aid; and by effective execution of our plans, to deliver significant value growth to shareholders.
Rex Bionics works with distribution partners in the US ([email protected]), China (MAAB, [email protected]), Hong Kong and Taiwan (Deltason, [email protected]), Denmark and Belgium; and in other countries we support customers directly ([email protected]).
Rex Bionics was admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange's AIM in 2014. REX is not registered for At-Home use in the United States of America.
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