Issue of Equity

26th Oct 2010 07:00

Avacta Group plc Issue of Equity

Avacta Group plc (the "Company") announces that 1,758,419 ordinary shares of 0.1p each ("Ordinary Shares") have been issued as to 1,538,462 pursuant to contractual obligations for services provided to the Company and as to 219,957 pursuant to the exercise of share options.

Application has been made for 1,758,419 new Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM and dealings are expected to commence on 29 October 2010.

The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue following the above issue will be1,436,573,289.26 October 2010Enquiries:Avacta Group plc Tel: 0844 414 0452 Alastair Smith, Chief Executive Officer www.avacta.com Tim Sykes, Chief Financial Officer Broker Tel: 020 7101 7070 XCAP Securities Plc www.xcapgroup.com John Grant/Karen Kelly/David Newton Tel: 020 7383 5100 Nominated Adviser www.grantthornton.co.uk Grant Thornton Corporate Finance

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