10th Dec 2015 12:15
Abzena plc
Result of General Meeting
Cambridge, UK, 10 December 2015 - Abzena plc (AIM:ABZA, 'Abzena' or the 'Group'), a life sciences group providing services and technologies enabling the development and manufacture of biopharmaceutical products, announces the result of its General Meeting of Shareholders, held today.
All resolutions set out in the circular issued by the Group on 24 October 2015, including those relating to the placing of 35,004,972 new ordinary shares of £0.002 each ("Ordinary Shares") (the "Placing"), were duly passed.
The 38,614,950 new Ordinary Shares to be issued in connection with the Placing and the Acquisition of The Chemistry Research Solution LLC will rank pari passu with the existing Ordinary Shares and application has been made for the new Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM ("Admission"). It is expected that Admission will become effective and dealings in the new Ordinary Shares will commence at 8.00 a.m. on 11 December 2015.
Following Admission there will be 136,099,805 Ordinary Shares in issue. This number may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculation by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, the share capital of the Group.
Enquiries:
Abzena plc John Burt, Chief Executive Officer Julian Smith, Chief Financial Officer
| +44 1223 903498
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Cenkos Securities (Nominated Adviser and Broker) Christopher Golden / Ivonne Cantu
| +44 20 7397 8900
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N+1 Singer (Joint Broker) Aubrey Powell / Liz Yong
| +44 20 7496 3000 |
Instinctif Partners Melanie-Toyne Sewell / Rozi Morris
| +44 20 7457 2020 |
About Abzena
Abzena provides proprietary technologies and complementary services in the UK and USA to enable the development and manufacture of biopharmaceutical products. The development of biopharmaceuticals is a growing area and requires specialist technology and expertise.
The Group comprises Antitope, PacificGMP and PolyTherics, which between them have built a global customer base including the majority of the top 20 biopharmaceutical companies as well as large and small biotech companies and academic groups.
Antitope provides immunogenicity assessment, protein engineering to create humanized antibodies and deimmunised therapeutic proteins, and cell line development for manufacture.
PacificGMP provides contract process development and manufacture of biopharmaceuticals, including monoclonal antibodies, recombinant proteins, vaccines, and gene therapy and cell therapy products, for preclinical and clinical studies.
PolyTherics specializes in proprietary site-specific conjugation technologies for antibody drug conjugate development and solutions for optimizing the therapeutic properties of biopharmaceuticals.
Abzena (AIM: ABZA) has its main operations in Cambridge, UK and in San Diego, CA, USA. For more information, please see www.abzena.com.
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