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EDX Medical Group
plc
Investment and Placing of New
Shares
EDX Medical
Group plc · EDX
6 February
2024
EDX Medical Group plc ("EDX Medical" or
the "Company"), which develops innovative digital
diagnostic products and services supporting personalised treatments
for cancer, heart disease and infectious diseases, announces that
the Board of the Company has today approved the issue of 33,425,000
new ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company
("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 12p per share (the
"Subscription",
"Subscription Shares") to raise
£4.01million for the Company. The issue of the new ordinary shares
is the initial element of a fundraising round to support the
acceleration of the development of new diagnostic products to help
meet global demand from healthcare providers delivering
personalIsed treatments.
The funding round has been led by Professor Sir Chris
Evans, OBE, founder of EDX Medical, who has invested £750,000 as a
result of subscribing for 6,250,000 of the Subscription Shares at
the Subscription Price.
Several existing and new investors including Steve
Morgan, CBE, (Bridgemere Securities Ltd), Sir Tony
Gallagher (Countywide Developments Ltd), Sir Tom
Hunter (West Coast Capital Holdings Ltd), Sir Peter
Michael (Stockford Ltd), Lord Lloyd Webber (Lynchwood
Nominees), Lord John Nash (LGT Wealth Management),
Bill Holroyd (The Holroyd Investment Trust) and David
Rees (Seerave Enterprises Ltd) have also subscribed.
The Company intends to raise further capital in this
round and is in discussions with other shareholders and potential
new investors about participation in the Subscription, and
consequently, the Subscription will remain open to new and existing
shareholders, at the Subscription Price, until February 19th.
Application will be made for
the Subscription Shares to be admitted to trading on
the AQSE Growth Market ("Admission") and the Subscription remains
conditional on Admission.
Professor Sir Chris
Evans, OBE, founder of EDX Medical, commented: "I am
exceptionally pleased to be able to lead this investment round in
the company and am gratified by the outstanding support from
existing key shareholders, who are all highly experienced
investors. We are particularly encouraged by the fact that
investors who bought shares when the price was much lower are
investing again at the new Subscription Price. We are very
confident of building on the commitments to date and appreciate
investor confidence in backing the continued expansion of our
digital diagnostics portfolio."
Dr Mike Hudson,
Chief Executive Officer of EDX Medical, commented:
"This new investment will allow us to
expand and accelerate our growing programme of innovative clinical
diagnostic products and technologies, enabling our clients and
partners to gain greater access to the benefits of personalised
medicine for their patients".
Related Party Transaction
Professor Sir Chris Evans is
considered a "Related Party", as defined under the AQSE Growth
Market Access Rulebook, as a result of being a director of the
Company. His participation in the Subscription therefore
constitutes a related party transaction for the purposes of Rule
4.6 of the AQSE Growth Market Access Rulebook.
The directors of EDX Medical other
than Professor Sir Chris Evans confirm that, having exercised
reasonable care, skill and diligence, his participation in the
Subscription is fair and reasonable insofar as the shareholders of
EDX Medical are concerned.
Total Voting Rights
In accordance with the Financial Conduct Authority's
Disclosure and Transparency Rules, the Company hereby announces
that following the Subscription, it has 334,390,909 Ordinary Shares
in issue, each share carrying the right to one vote.
The above figure of 334,390,909 Ordinary Shares may
be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the
calculations by which they will determine if they are required to
notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the
share capital of the Company under the Financial Conduct
Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
The directors of EDX Medical accept responsibility
for the contents of this announcement.
Contacts:
EDX Medical Group
Plc
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+44 (0)7812345301
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Dr Mike Hudson (CEO)
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mike@edxmedical.co.uk
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Oberon
Capital
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020 3179 5300
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Nick Lovering (Corporate Adviser)
Adam Pollock, Mike Seabrook (Corporate Broking)
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Media House
International
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0207 710 0020
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Ramsay Smith (Executive Director)
Gary McQueen (Associate Director)
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ramsay@mediahouse.co.uk
+44 (0) 7788 414856
gary@mediahouse.co.uk
+ 44 (0) 7834
694609
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Notes for
Editors:
About EDX
Medical Group www.edxmedical.com
EDX Medical Group
Plc develops innovative digital diagnostic products and
services, enabling cost effective and timely delivery of
personalised treatment for cancer, heart disease and infectious
diseases. The company is listed on the Access Segment of the AQSE
Growth Market (TIDM: EDX).
EDX Medical was founded by Professor Sir
Christopher Evans, OBE, a medical and life sciences entrepreneur
with more than 30 years of experience, together with CEO, Dr Mike
Hudson.
By translating clinical insights
into pragmatic solutions combining advanced biological and digital
technologies, EDX Medical seeks to cost-effectively improve the
detection and characterisation of disease in order to personalise
treatment in a timely fashion. Early disease detection and
biologically-based personal treatment optimisation is considered to
be the most impactful way of reducing deaths and lowering the cost
of healthcare globally.
EDX Medical Group operates a molecular biology and
diagnostics laboratory in Cambridge, UK, and 100%-owned
subsidiaries "Hutano Diagnostics Ltd", based
in Oxford and "Torax Biosciences
Ltd" in Ireland which together are pioneering the
development of novel point of care tests.
EDX Medical conducts test development and product
validation to ISO 13485 and provides testing and genomic sequencing
services accredited to ISO 15189 by the United Kingdom
Accreditation Service (UKAS).