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Destiny Pharma PLC
19 October 2023
 

Destiny Pharma plc

 

("Destiny Pharma" or the "Company")

 

Director/PDMR Shareholding

 

Brighton, United Kingdom - 19 October 2023 - Destiny Pharma (AIM: DEST), a clinical stage biotechnology company focused on the development and commercialisation of novel medicines to prevent and treat life threatening infections, announces that it was notified on 18 October 2023 that on 17 October 2023, Chris Tovey, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, transferred 30,000 ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") to his wife and two daughters, all PCAs, by way of gift for nil consideration.

 

Following the transfer, Chris Tovey's beneficial interest in the Company remains unchanged at 40,000 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.04 per cent. of the total issued share capital.

  

For further information, please contact:

 

Destiny Pharma plc

Chris Tovey, CEO

Shaun Claydon, CFO

+44 (0) 127 370 4440

pressoffice@destinypharma.com

 

Cavendish Capital Markets Limited (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker)

Geoff Nash / George Dollemore, Corporate Finance

Nigel Birks / Harriet Ward, ECM

+44 (0) 207 220 0500

 

Shore Capital (Joint Broker)

Daniel Bush / James Thomas / Lucy Bowden

+44 (0) 207 408 4090

 

Powerscourt Group

Sarah Macleod / Adam Michael / Ollie Simmonds / Christopher Ward

+44 (0) 20 7250 1446

Destiny@powerscourt-group.com

 

About Destiny Pharma

 

Destiny Pharma is an innovative, clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the development and commercialisation of novel medicines that can prevent life-threatening infections. The company's drug development pipeline includes two late stage assets NTCD-M3, a microbiome-based biotherapeutic for the prevention of C. difficile infection (CDI) recurrence which is the leading cause of hospital acquired infection in the US, and XF-73 nasal gel, a proprietary drug targeting the prevention of post-surgical staphylococcal hospital infections including MRSA.

 

 

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

 

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) 596/2014 as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ("MAR"), and is disclosed in accordance with the company's obligations under Article 17 of MAR.

 

 

 

 

 

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

 

1.               

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

Chris Tovey

2.               

Reason for the Notification

a)

Position/status

Chief Executive Officer

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

Identification code

DEST      GB00BDHSP575

b)

Nature of the transaction

Transfer of Ordinary Shares, by way of gift, to wife and daughters, Persons Closely Associated with him, for nil consideration.

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

 0 (gift)

 30,000 Ordinary Shares

d)

Aggregated information:

Aggregated volume

Price

 

See 4c) above 

 

e)

Date of the transaction

17 October 2023

f)

Place of the transaction

Off-Market

 

 

 

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