Arix Bioscience PLC (ARIX) Transaction in own shares 21-Apr-2021 / 17:26 GMT/BST Dissemination of a Regulatory Announcement, transmitted by EQS Group. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. =---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arix Bioscience plc Transaction in own shares LONDON, 21 April 2021: Arix Bioscience plc ("Arix" or "the Company"), a global venture capital company focused on investing in and building breakthrough biotech companies, today announces that it purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 0.001 pence each on the London Stock Exchange from Jefferies International Limited as part of a buyback programme announced on 22 March 2021. Date of purchase 21 April 2021 Aggregate number of shares purchased 60,000 Highest price paid per share 189.50p Lowest price paid per share 188.00p Average price paid per share 188.75p
Arix intends to retain the purchased shares in treasury.
Following settlement of the above purchase, Arix will have 133,878,653 ordinary shares of 0.001 pence each in issue (excluding 1,731,000 ordinary shares of 0.001 pence each held in treasury). This number represents the total voting rights in Arix and may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they can determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 (as incorporated into UK domestic law by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018), the schedule below contains detailed information of the individual trades made by Jefferies International Limited as part of the buyback programme.
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For more information on Arix, please contact:
Arix Bioscience plc
Charlotte Parry, Head of Investor Relations
+44 (0)20 7290 1072
charlotte@arixbioscience.com
Optimum Strategic Communications
Mary Clark, Supriya Mathur, Shabnam Bashir
+44 (0)20 3922 1906
optimum.arix@optimumcomms.com
About Arix Bioscience plc
Arix Bioscience plc is a global venture capital company focused on investing in and building breakthrough biotech companies around cutting-edge advances in life sciences.
We collaborate with exceptional entrepreneurs and provide the capital, expertise and global networks to help accelerate their ideas into important new treatments for patients. As a listed company, we are able to bring this exciting growth phase of our industry to a broader range of investors. www.arixbioscience.com
Transaction Date Transaction Time Volume Price (GBp) Platform Transaction Reference Number
21/04/2021 11:01:00 30,000 188.00 London Stock Exchange 00235817255TRLO0
21/04/2021 15:46:54 30,000 189.50 London Stock Exchange 00235897350TRLO0 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ISIN: GB00BD045071
Category Code: POS
TIDM: ARIX
LEI Code: 213800OVT3AHQCXNIX43
OAM Categories: 2.4. Acquisition or disposal of the issuer's own shares
Sequence No.: 100396
EQS News ID: 1187379
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