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NetScientific PLC
02 December 2020
NetScientific plc
("NetScientific", the "Group" or the "Company")
Board changes and grant of Options
London, UK - 2 December 2020 - NetScientific plc (AIM: NSCI),
the life sciences, technology, investment and commercialisation
Group , is pleased to announce the planned strengthening of the
Board in line with the stated strategy and shareholder circular
from 6 August 2020 with the following appointments:
1. Appointment of John Clarkson as Executive Chairman of
NetScientific (from his previous position as Non-Executive
Chairman), as Chairman of NetScientific subsidiary ProAxsis, and as
a Director of Glycotest.
2. Appointment of Clive Sparrow as a new Non-Executive Director
of NetScientific and Chairman of the Audit Committee.
3. Additional responsibilities for Professor Stephen Smith as
Chairman of the newly setup Scientific and Technology Advisory
Group.
4. Confirmation of Stephen Crowe as full-time Group Chief Financial Officer.
5. Grant of options to Directors and senior management.
Dr. Ilian Iliev, Chief Executive Officer of the Company said: "I
am delighted to announce this further significant step in our
planned strategy implementation. John Clarkson's move to an
Executive Chairman position will let NetScientific further benefit
from his wealth of commercial, international and corporate
governance expertise, as we continue to build out our
cross-Atlantic strategy and drive shareholder value. We welcome
Clive to the Board of NetScientific, and look forward to his
contributions as Chair of the Audit committee and more broadly. We
also welcome Professor Stephen Smith's support in building out the
Scientific and Industry Advisory Group and contributing his
networks and industry standing. I expect that the strengthened,
experienced and balanced Board will strengthen the Executive's
ability to implement the Group's strategy and grow shareholder
value."
1. Appointment of John Clarkson as Executive Chairman
John joined the NetScientific Board in December 2019, then was
appointed as Non-executive Chairman in March 2020, and since then
has been working alongside the CEO in the strategy review and
implementation, including leading the acquisition of EMV Capital
and the GBP2.3 million placing in August 2020. John will continue
to work alongside and support the CEO with a focus on
implementation of the company's turnaround and growth strategy,
Board representation and proactive management of the portfolio
companies and leading work on special projects. He will also
contribute his corporate experience working in North America to
accelerate NetScientific's cross-Atlantic strategy. John joins the
ProAxsis Limited Board as Chairman and the Glycotest Board as a
Director.
2. Appointment of Clive Sparrow as Non-Executive Director to the NetScientific Plc Board.
The NetScientific Board is pleased to announce that Clive
Sparrow will join the Board with immediate effect as a
Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee.
Clive is an experienced Director and Chairman of an Audit
committee, with a background at the NHS, PWC and HM Treasury. He is
also a Non-Executive Director serving on the board of the largest
community healthcare NHS Trust in London. He has a proven track
record in strategy development, transformational change, risk
management and performance improvement. His sector specialties are:
government, the NHS, and regulation.
Clive had a successful career as a management consultant with
two professional services firms: Grant Thornton and
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). For three years, he worked as a
Director in HM Treasury, driving the delivery of a successful
change programme. He has also set up and led two profitable
start-up companies.
Clive is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified
Accountants, a Chartered Public Finance Accountant and a member of
the Healthcare Financial Management Association. He holds a degree
in Economics from the University of Nottingham.
Clive Bertram Sparrow (aged 69) currently holds or has held in
the past 5 years the following directorships and partnerships:
Current directorships Past Directorships & Partnerships
Central London Community Healthcare Pareto Management Ltd
NHS Trust
The Childhood Trust
No further disclosure is required under Paragraph (g) to
Schedule Two of the AIM Rules for Companies.
3. Appointment of Prof. Stephen Smith as head of the newly
NetScientific's established Scientific and Technology Advisory
Group
Professor Stephen Smith has been a Non-Executive Director at
NetScientific Plc since 2016. Professor Stephen will be the
Chairman of NetScientific's new Scientific and Industry Advisory
Group, with a remit to help the Company identify leading experts in
industry and science within NetScientific's core areas of focus. In
addition to his role, he will provide scientific expertise to
portfolio companies and new opportunities.
4. Appointment of Stephen Crowe as full-time Chief Financial Officer
We are pleased to confirm the appointment of Stephen Crowe to
full time Chief Financial Officer. Stephen is a highly experienced
finance professional who has previously provided financial
consultancy services to NetScientific.
5. Grant of Options to Directors/Senior Management
In line with the priorities identified in the circular, the
NetScientific Remuneration Committee has approved the award of the
following options:
Director Number of existing Number of New Total number of
options held Options granted options held
John Clarkson 0 382,465 382,465
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Stephen Smith 3,000 46,155 49,155
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Clive Sparrow 0 46,155 46,155
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Stephen Crowe 0 46,155 46,155
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The grant of the New Options represents the recommendations of
the Board's Remuneration Committee, in respect of remuneration
arrangements for Directors and senior management.
The New Options were granted under the NetScientific Share
Option Scheme, pursuant to which options over a total of 1,263,993
Ordinary Shares have now been granted, representing 8.47 per cent.
of the current issued share capital of the Company. The maximum
potential dilution arising from options awarded under the
NetScientific Share Option Scheme remains below the upper limit of
10 per cent. under the rules of the plan.
The New Options have an exercise price of 45.5 pence per share
(the "Exercise Price"), which is equal to the average of the
closing market quotations for Ordinary Shares over the five dealing
days prior to the date on which the New Options were granted (the
latter being the minimum price that could have been set).
The New Options will vest as to one third on the date of grant,
as to a further third on the first anniversary of the date of grant
and as to the final third on the second anniversary of the date of
grant. The New Options may not be exercised earlier than the third
anniversary of the date of grant. The New Options lapse 10 years
after the date of grant (if not sooner in accordance with the terms
of the NetScientific Share Option Scheme rules).
The FCA notifications, made in accordance with the requirements
of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, are appended below.
About ProAxsis
ProAxsis Limited is a commercial-stage diagnostics company,
based in Northern Ireland, and with a rapidly growing global client
list of pharmaceutical companies and academic laboratories. The
company has developed activity-based immunoassays for the specific
quantification of the active form of Neutrophil Elastase,
Proteinase 3 and Cathepsin G.
In addition to proteases, the company also has significant
expertise in the measurement of other inflammatory biomarkers,
including IL-6, IL-8 and TNF-alpha.
Aside from the provision of assays, ProAxsis is able to offer a
sample analysis service at its purpose-built laboratory facility in
Belfast and is currently supporting a number of pharmaceutical
company-sponsored Phase I, II and III clinical trials.
ProAxsis is a fully owned subsidiary of NetScientific Plc.
To learn more about ProAxsis, please visit www.proaxsis.com.
About Glycotest Inc.
Glycotest Inc. is a private liver disease diagnostics company
commercializing novel clinical laboratory testing services for
patients with serious liver disease, and a subsidiary of
NetScientific. The Company was founded in 2012 on proprietary
technology that originated at the Philadelphia area institutions
Baruch S. Blumberg Institute and Drexel University College of
Medicine. In October 2018 the company signed a $10mln Series A
milestone-based investment round with global pharma corporation
Fosun Pharma.
Glycotest is a 65.6% subsidiary of NetScientific Plc.
To learn more about Glycotest, please visit: www.Glycotest.com.
The information contained within this announcement is deemed by
the Company to constitute inside information as stipulated under
the Market Abuse Regulations (EU) No. 596/2014. Following the
publication of this announcement, this inside information is now
considered to be in the public domain.
For more information, please contact:
NetScientific
Ilian Iliev, CEO Tel: +44 (0)20 3514 1800
WH Ireland (NOMAD, Financial Adviser and Broker)
Chris Fielding / Darshan Patel Tel: +44 (0)20 7220 1666
The information below, set out in accordance with the
requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, provides further
detail on the grant of options to PDMRs.
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 John Clarkson
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2 Reason for the notification
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a) Position/status Chairman, NetScientific plc
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b) Initial notification/ Initial Notification
Amendment
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3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant,
auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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a) Name NetScientific plc
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b) LEI 213800N5WD46G1Y7I458
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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
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a) Description of the financial Options over Ordinary Shares
instrument, type of instrument
Identification code ISIN for NetScientific plc Ordinary
Shares: GB00BN4R5Q82
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b) Nature of the transaction Grant of options
-------------------------------- -------------------------------------
c) Price(s) and volume(s) Price(s) Volume(s)
GBP0.455 382,465 options
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d) Aggregated information N/A
- Aggregated volume
- Aggregated price
- Aggregated total
-------------------------------- -------------------------------------
e) Date of the transaction 30 November 2020
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f) Place of the transaction Outside a trading venue
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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 Prof. Stephen Smith
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2 Reason for the notification
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a) Position/status Non-executive Director, NetScientific
plc
-------------------------------- ---------------------------------------
b) Initial notification/ Initial Notification
Amendment
-------------------------------- ---------------------------------------
3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant,
auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
a) Name NetScientific plc
-------------------------------- ---------------------------------------
b) LEI 213800N5WD46G1Y7I458
-------------------------------- ---------------------------------------
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 Options over Ordinary Shares
instrument, type of instrument
Identification code ISIN for NetScientific plc Ordinary
Shares: GB00BN4R5Q82
-------------------------------- ---------------------------------------
b) Nature of the transaction Grant of options
-------------------------------- ---------------------------------------
c) Price(s) and volume(s) Price(s) Volume(s)
GBP0.455 46,155 options
---------------
-------------------------------- ---------------------------------------
d) Aggregated information N/A
- Aggregated volume
- Aggregated price
- Aggregated total
-------------------------------- ---------------------------------------
e) Date of the transaction 30 November 2020
-------------------------------- ---------------------------------------
f) Place of the transaction Outside a trading venue
-------------------------------- ---------------------------------------
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 Clive Sparrow
-------------------------------- ---------------------------------------
2 Reason for the notification
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
a) Position/status Non-executive Director, NetScientific
plc
-------------------------------- ---------------------------------------
b) Initial notification/ Initial Notification
Amendment
-------------------------------- ---------------------------------------
3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant,
auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
a) Name NetScientific plc
-------------------------------- ---------------------------------------
b) LEI 213800N5WD46G1Y7I458
-------------------------------- ---------------------------------------
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 Options over Ordinary Shares
instrument, type of instrument
Identification code ISIN for NetScientific plc Ordinary
Shares: GB00BN4R5Q82
-------------------------------- ---------------------------------------
b) Nature of the transaction Grant of options
-------------------------------- ---------------------------------------
c) Price(s) and volume(s) Price(s) Volume(s)
GBP0.455 46,155 options
---------------
-------------------------------- ---------------------------------------
d) Aggregated information N/A
- Aggregated volume
- Aggregated price
- Aggregated total
-------------------------------- ---------------------------------------
e) Date of the transaction 30 November 2020
-------------------------------- ---------------------------------------
f) Place of the transaction Outside a trading venue
-------------------------------- ---------------------------------------
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 Stephen Crowe
-------------------------------- -------------------------------------
2 Reason for the notification
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a) Position/status CFO, NetScientific plc
-------------------------------- -------------------------------------
b) Initial notification/ Initial Notification
Amendment
-------------------------------- -------------------------------------
3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant,
auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
a) Name NetScientific plc
-------------------------------- -------------------------------------
b) LEI 213800N5WD46G1Y7I458
-------------------------------- -------------------------------------
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 Options over Ordinary Shares
instrument, type of instrument
Identification code ISIN for NetScientific plc Ordinary
Shares: GB00BN4R5Q82
-------------------------------- -------------------------------------
b) Nature of the transaction Grant of options
-------------------------------- -------------------------------------
c) Price(s) and volume(s) Price(s) Volume(s)
GBP0.455 46,155 options
---------------
-------------------------------- -------------------------------------
d) Aggregated information N/A
- Aggregated volume
- Aggregated price
- Aggregated total
-------------------------------- -------------------------------------
e) Date of the transaction 30 November 2020
-------------------------------- -------------------------------------
f) Place of the transaction Outside a trading venue
-------------------------------- -------------------------------------
About NetScientific
NetScientific is a life sciences, technology, investment and
commercialisation Group, leveraging trans-Atlantic relationships
and global opportunities to deliver shareholder value.
For more information, please visit the website at www.NetScientific.net
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