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Press Release |
19 April 2011 |
("LiDCO" or the "Company")
Grant of Share Options
LiDCO Group Plc (AIM: LID), the UK-based hemodynamic monitoring company, today announces that on 18 April 2011, in accordance with the rules of the Company's Share Option Schemes, options were granted to two Directors to subscribe for new ordinary shares of 0.5 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") in the Company. The options are exercisable at 15p per Ordinary Share and are exercisable for a period of seven years from 18 April 2014. The allocations are as set out below.
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Director |
Number of options |
Total Number of options now held |
Total Number of shares held |
Percentage of existing share capital |
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John Barry |
150,000 |
3,487,017 |
429,642 |
0.25% |
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Paul Clifford |
478,650 |
719,650 |
575,000 |
0.33% |
In addition, share options over a further 1,341,850 new Ordinary Shares have been granted to employees of the Company on the same terms as above.
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For further information, please contact:
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LiDCO Group Plc |
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Terry O'Brien (CEO) |
Tel: +44 (0)20 7749 1500 |
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Paul Clifford (Finance Director) |
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Theresa Wallis (Chairman) |
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FinnCap |
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Geoff Nash / Henrik Persson Stephen Norcross (broking) |
Tel: +44 (0)20 7600 1658 |
Media enquiries:
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Abchurch |
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Adam Michael / Joanne Shears / Simone Elviss / Claire Dickinson |
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7398 7728 |
About LiDCO Group Plc
LiDCO is a supplier of minimally invasive hemodynamic equipment to hospitals, to monitor the amount of blood flowing around the body and ensure that vital organs are adequately oxygenated. LiDCO's products facilitate the measurement, analysis, audit, training and sharing of real-time and historic hemodynamic data, in both critical care units and the operating theatre.
Scientific evidence is increasingly linking the optimisation of patients' hemodynamic status with better outcomes and reduced hospital stays and LiDCO's computer-based technology, developed at St Thomas' Hospital in London, has been shown to significantly reduce morbidity and complications, length of stay and overall costs associated with major surgery.
Key Products:
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LiDCOplus: a computer-based platform monitor used in the Intensive Care Unit for real-time continuous display of hemodynamic parameters including cardiac output, oxygen delivery and fluid-volume responsiveness (PPV% and SVV%) |
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LiDCOrapid: a cardiac output monitor designed specifically for use in the operating theatre for fluid and drug management. The monitor enables anesthetists to get accurate and immediate feedback on the patient's fluid and hemodynamic status - a key measure of overall well-being before, during and after surgery. The LiDCOrapid provides: |
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early and rapid warning of hemodynamic change to aid choice of therapeutic route: fluid or drug |
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quantification of hemodynamic response, |
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guidance on effective delivery of fluids to ensure the right amount at the right time |
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LiDCOview: an easy-to-use graphical display of historical LiDCOplus and LiDCOrapid hemodynamic data. |
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All LiDCO monitors use single-patient disposables (sensors or smartcards) which provide an ongoing revenue stream.
Clinical Validation & Education
LiDCO has been selected as the sole technology for two ongoing multi-centre government-funded studies in the UK and US. OPTIMISE is sponsored by the UK Government for optimising cardiovascular management in high-risk abdominal surgery patients and in the US, MOnIToR is a US Government sponsored transplantation donor organ optimisation study. The Company has also developed a hemodynamic workshop at St George's Hospital, London.
LiDCO Distribution Network:
LiDCO products are sold through Covidien's sales force in the US. LiDCO's strategy is to sell directly to hospitals in the UK, and through a network of specialty critical care and anesthesia distributors in the rest of the world.
LiDCO's sales office is in Cambridge, its manufacturing facility and headquarters are in London and its shares are traded on AIM. For more information please see www.lidco.com.