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ValiRx PLC

04 January 2024

THE INFORMATION CONTAINED WITHIN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS DEEMED BY THE COMPANY TO CONSTITUTE INSIDE INFORMATION AS STIPULATED UNDER ARTICLE 7 OF THE MARKET ABUSE REGULATION (EU) 596/2014 AS AMED BY REGULATION 11 OF THE MARKET ABUSE (AMMENT) (EU EXIT) REGULATIONS 2019/310 . UPON THE PUBLICATION OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT VIA REGULATORY INFORMATION SERVICE, THIS INSIDE INFORMATION IS NOW CONSIDERED TO BE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.

4 January 2024

VALIRX PLC

("ValiRx" or the "Company")

Result of General Meeting

Issue of Equity and Total Voting Rights

Director and PDMR Shareholding

ValiRx plc (the "Company") (AIM: VAL), announces that, further to the Conditional Fundraise & Notice of General Meeting announcement dated 13 December 2023, at its General Meeting held earlier today, resolutions 1 and 3 were duly passed and resolution 2 was not passed. Details of the votes received in respect of the resolutions will be available shortly on the Company's website.

Director and PDMR Shareholdings

Following completion of the Fundraising, the shareholdings of the Directors and PDMRs who participated in the Fundraising are set out in the table below:

 
                                                                                           Beneficial 
                                                                         Beneficial      shareholding 
                                                   Fundraising         shareholding   as a percentage 
                       Existing beneficial   Shares subscribed        on completion   of the Enlarged 
Director/PDMR                 shareholding                 for   of the Fundraising     Share Capital 
Suzanne Dilly                      416,668              66,666              483,334             0.37% 
Kevin Cox                          372,333             150,000              522,333             0.39% 
Gerry Desler                       128,668              66,666              195,334             0.15% 
Martin Lampshire                   144,000             150,000              294,000             0.22% 
Stella Panu                              -             333,333              333,333             0.25% 
Cathy Tralau-Stewart                     -              66,666               66,666             0.05% 
 

Issue of Equity

The Placing Shares, the Subscription Shares and the Retail Offer Shares have been allotted, conditional upon Admission, and application has been made to the London Stock Exchange for, in aggregate, 30,029,063 Placing Shares, Subscription Shares and Retail Offer Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM. Admission is expected to occur at 8.00 a.m. on 8 January 2024, with dealings in the Placing Shares, the Subscription Shares and the Retail Offer Shares commencing at the same time. The Placing Shares, the Subscription Shares and the Retail Offer Shares will rank pari passu with all other issued Shares.

The Fundraising remains conditional, inter alia, upon Admission and the Placing Agreement not being terminated in accordance with its terms.

Total Voting Rights

For the purpose of the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules, following Admission the enlarged issued share capital of the Company will comprise 132,348,673 ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each. The Company does not hold any shares in the treasury. The above figure may be used by shareholders 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 Company, under the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

Capitalised terms used in this announcement have the meaning given to them in the Conditional Fundraise, Notice of General Meeting announcement dated 13 December 2023, unless otherwise defined in this announcement.

The Directors of the Company take responsibility for this announcement.

For more information, please contact:

 
 ValiRx plc                                   Tel: +44 (0) 2476 796496 
                                               www.valirx.com 
  Dr Suzanne Dilly, CEO                        Suzanne.Dilly@valirx.com 
 V Formation (Public Relations)               +44 (0) 115 787 0206 
                                               www.vformation.biz 
  Lucy Wharton - Senior PR Executive 
  Sue Carr - Director                          lucy@vformation.biz 
                                               sue@vformation.biz 
                                             -------------------------- 
 Cairn Financial Advisers LLP (Nominated      Tel: +44 (0) 20 7213 
  Adviser)                                     0880 
 
  Liam Murray/Jo Turner/Ludovico Lazzaretti 
                                             -------------------------- 
 Cavendish Capital Markets Limited            Tel: +44 (0) 20 7397 
  (Joint Broker)                               8900 
 
  Dale Bellis/Michael Johnson (Sales) 
 
  Callum Davidson/Giles Balleny (Corporate 
  Finance) 
                                             -------------------------- 
 Turner Pope Investments (Joint Broker)       Tel: +44 (0) 20 3657 
  James Pope / Andy Thacker                    0050 
                                             -------------------------- 
 
 
 Notification of a Transaction pursuant to Article 19(1) of Regulation 
  (EU) No. 596/2014 
 1        Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person 
           closely associated 
-------  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a.       Name                                        a) Suzanne Dilly 
                                                       b) Kevin Cox 
                                                       c) Gerry Desler 
                                                       d) Martin Lampshire 
                                                        e) Stella Panu 
                                                       f) Cathy Tralau-Stewart 
                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 2        Reason for 
           notification 
         -----------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a.       Position/Status                            a) Director 
                                                      b) Director 
                                                      c) Director 
                                                      d) Director 
                                                      e) Director 
                                                      f) PDMR 
         -----------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 b.       Initial notification/                      Initial notification 
           Amendment 
         -----------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 3        Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
           auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
         -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a.       Name                                       ValiRx PLC 
         ----------------------------------------- 
 b.       LEI                                          213800VQKB9SJCQDET40 
         -----------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 4        Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for 
           (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; 
           (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have 
           been conducted 
-------  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a.       Description                                Ordinary Shares 
           of the financial 
           instrument,                                ISIN: GB00BLH13C52 
           type of instrument 
 
           Identification 
           Code 
         -----------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 b.       Nature of the                              Purchase of shares as part of the Fundraising 
           transaction 
         -----------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
 c.       Price(s) and                                 Price(s)                                   Volume(s) 
           volume(s) 
         -----------------------------------------    ----------------------------------------- 
                                                        a) 6p                                      a) 66,666 
                                                         b) 6p                                     b) 150,000 
                                                         c) 6p                                     c) 66,666 
                                                         d) 6p                                     d) 150,000 
                                                         e) 6p                                     e) 333,333 
                                                         f) 6p                                     f) 66,666 
                                                      -----------------------------------------  ----------------- 
 
 d.       Aggregated 
           information                                 N/A 
           - Aggregated 
           Volume 
           - Price 
         -----------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 e.       Date of the                                 a) 04/01/2024 
           transaction                                 b) 04/01/2024 
                                                       c) 04/01/2024 
                                                       d) 04/01/2024 
                                                       e) 04/01/2024 
                                                       f) 04/01/2024 
         -----------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 f.       Place of the                               Outside a trading venue 
           transaction 
         -----------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
 

Notes for Editors

About ValiRx

ValiRx is a life science company focused on early-stage cancer therapeutics and women's health, accelerating the translation of innovative science into impactful medicines to improve patient lives.

ValiRx provides the scientific, financial, and commercial framework for enabling rapid translation of innovative science into clinical development.

Using its extensive and proven experience in research and drug development, the team at ValiRx selects and incubates promising novel drug candidates and guides them through an optimised process of development, from pre-clinical studies to clinic and investor-ready assets.

ValiRx connects diverse disciplines across scientific, technical, and commercial domains, with the aim of achieving a more streamlined, less costly, drug development process. The team works closely with carefully selected collaborators and leverages the combined expertise required for science to advance.

Lead candidates from ValiRx's portfolio are outlicensed or partnered with investors through ValiRx subsidiary companies for further clinical development and commercialisation.

ValiRx listed on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange in October 2006 and trades under the ticker symbol: VAL.

For further information, visit: www.valirx.com

Cautionary statement

Certain statements made in this announcement are forward-looking statements. Such statements are based on current expectations and assumptions and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from any expected future events or results expressed or implied in these forward-looking statements. Persons receiving this announcement should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Unless otherwise required by applicable law, regulation or accounting standard, the Company does not undertake to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.

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