RNS Number : 8614A
Destiny Pharma PLC
26 May 2023
 

 

 

 

Destiny Pharma plc

 

("Destiny Pharma" or the "Company")

 

Director/PDMR Shareholding

 

 

Brighton, United Kingdom - 26 May 2023 - Destiny Pharma plc (AIM: DEST), a clinical stage innovative biotechnology company focused on the development of novel medicines that can prevent life-threatening infections, announces that it was notified on 26 May 2023 that on that same day, Nick Rodgers, Chairman of the Company, purchased 20,000 ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 30.19 pence.

Following the purchase, Mr. Rodgers' beneficial interest in the Company is 238,901 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.25 per cent. of the total issued share capital.

 

For further information, please contact: 

 

Destiny Pharma plc 

Dr Debra Barker, CEO

Shaun Claydon, CFO 

+44 (0)1273 704 440 

pressoffice@destinypharma.com 

 

finnCap Ltd (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker)

Geoff Nash / Abigail Kelly / George Dollemore, Corporate Finance

Alice Lane / Nigel Birks / Harriet Ward, ECM

+44 (0)20 7220 0500

 

Shore Capital (Joint Broker)

Daniel Bush / James Thomas / Lucy Bowden

+44 (0) 207 408 4090

 

Optimum Strategic Communications 

Mary Clark / Nick Bastin / Jonathan Edwards / Eleanor Cooper

+44 (0) 203 922 0891

DestinyPharma@optimumcomms.com 

 

MC Services AG

Anne Hennecke / Andreas Burckhardt

+49-211-529252-12

 

 

 

 

About Destiny Pharma

 

Destiny Pharma is a clinical stage, innovative biotechnology company focused on the development of novel medicines that can prevent life-threatening infections. Its pipeline has novel microbiome-based biotherapeutics and XF drug clinical assets including NTCD-M3, a Phase 3 ready treatment for the prevention of C. difficile infection (CDI) recurrence which is the leading cause of hospital acquired infection in the US and also XF-73 nasal gel, which has completed a positive Phase 2 clinical trial targeting the prevention of post-surgical staphylococcal hospital infections including MRSA. It is also co-developing SPOR-COVTM, a novel, biotherapeutic product for the prevention of COVID-19 and other viral respiratory infections and has earlier grant funded XF drug research projects.

 

For further information on the Company, please visit  https://www.destinypharma.com

 

 

 

Further information is disclosed below pursuant to Article 19(3) of the Market Abuse Regulation.

 

1.           

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

Nick Rodgers

2.           

Reason for the Notification

a)

Position/status

Chairman

b)

Initial notification/Amendment

Initial Notification

3.  

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Destiny Pharma plc

b)

LEI

213800O9WH9Z38EHAC95

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 of the Financial instrument, type of instrument

Ordinary shares of 1 pence each in Destiny Pharma Plc

Identification code

GB00BDHSP575

b)

Nature of the transaction

Purchase of Ordinary Shares

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

30.1898 pence

 

20,000

d)

Aggregated information:

·      Aggregated volume

·      Price

 

See 4c) above

e)

Date of the transaction

26 May 2023

f)

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON)

 

 

 

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