Arecor Therapeutics plc

("Arecor", the "Company" or the "Group")

Grant of Options and PDMR Dealing

Cambridge, UK,  24 May 2023: Arecor Therapeutics plc (AIM: AREC), the biopharmaceutical group advancing today's therapies to enable healthier lives, announces that on 23 May 2023, it granted a total of 190,000 options under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP Options") and a further 86,250 options under the Company's All Employee Share Ownership Plan ("AESOP Options") over new ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares").

The LTIP Options have an exercise price of 1p and are granted to persons discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMRs") of the Company. Performance conditions include commercial objectives and Total Shareholder Return during the three-year performance period. The LTIP Options are subject to continued service and the extent to which the performance conditions are satisfied. Vested LTIP Options will normally be exercisable until the tenth anniversary of the grant date, after which time they will lapse. They are subject to a condition that the LTIP Options or the Ordinary Shares acquired on exercise of the LTIP Options (other than those sold to cover tax and National Insurance) are held for a minimum one-year period from vesting.

The AESOP Options vest after 36 months and are exercisable at £2.55 per share, being the closing market price of an Ordinary Share on the day preceding the date of grant. The AESOP Options are subject to continuous employment and are exercisable until the tenth anniversary of the date of grant, after which date the option will lapse. The grant of options included 40,000 AESOP Options granted to a person discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMR"), Manjit Rahelu, Chief Business Officer of the Company.

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About Arecor

Arecor Therapeutics plc is a globally focused biopharmaceutical company transforming patient care by bringing innovative medicines to market through the enhancement of existing therapeutic products. By applying our innovative proprietary formulation technology platform, Arestat™, we are developing an internal portfolio of proprietary products in diabetes and other indications, as well as working with leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to deliver enhanced formulations of their therapeutic products. The Arestat ™ platform is supported by an extensive patent portfolio.  

For further details please see our website, www.arecor.com

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