Motif Bio plc

(“Motif Bio” or the “Company”)

Exercise of Warrants

Motif Bio plc (AIM: MTFB), which has been reclassified as an AIM Rule 15 cash shell, announces that it has received notification from a warrant holder to exercise warrants representing 7,142,857 ordinary shares of 0.01p each (“Ordinary Shares”) in the Company for total consideration of £48,571.43.  The exercise price of all warrants was 0.68p per warrant.

Application has been made for the 7,142,857 new Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM (“Admission”), which is expected to occur at 8.00 a.m. on 20 May 2020. The new Ordinary Shares will rank pari passu with the existing Ordinary Shares. The Company does not hold any Ordinary Shares in treasury.

Following Admission, and further to the announcement made on 5 May 2020, and for the purposes of the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules, the Company’s total issued share capital will consist of 654,991,023 Ordinary Shares. Shareholders may use this figure as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the issued share capital of the Company.

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of Regulation (EU) 596/2014.

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Forward-Looking Statements

When used in this Press Release, the words or phrases “intends,” “anticipates,” “expected to be” or similar expressions are intended to identify “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, changes in economic conditions in the Company’s market area, changes in policies by regulatory agencies, fluctuations in interest rates, competition that could cause actual results to differ materially from historical earnings and those presently anticipated or projected, and other risks described in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company cautions readers not to place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. The Company advises readers that the factors listed above could affect the Company’s financial performance and could cause the Company’s actual results for future periods to differ materially from any opinions or statements expressed with respect to future periods in any current statements. The Company does not undertake, and specifically disclaims any obligation, to publicly release the result of any revision which may be made to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of such statements or to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events.