Byotrol Plans Aim Listing to Fund Expansion and Regulatory Approvals Programme.

MANCHESTER, England -- Byotrol, the Manchester based biocide technology company that last year announced it had developed a new class of biocide that can combat the spread of a broad spectrum of micro-organisms and bacteria including MRSA, E. coli, Legionella, and Listeria is looking to raise more than GBP 2M through a listing on London's Alternative Investment Market.

The company is looking to make its debut on AIM in early summer and it is believed that the listing will capitalise the company in excess of GBP 10M. The company's goal is to launch its products as ingredient brands that can be used across a number of market sectors including healthcare, food processing and industry

The announcement comes at a time when concerns over food hygiene and standards of cleanliness in hospitals are at an all time high and with the newly elected government putting cleanliness in hospitals high on its agenda, Byotrol believes products based upon its technology can play a significant role in addressing this issue.

The company is looking to claim a significant share of the biocide market which is currently worth more than $5bn globally for the production of concentrates alone.

Byotrol was founded in 2001 as a spin off from paint manufacturer HMG Paints and has appointed London based Merchant Capital as its financial adviser to lead the flotation. In addition, law firm Halliwells and accountants Baker Tilley have been appointed as key advisers to the float.

The announcement follows recent news that Byotrol has successfully filed a UK patent application for its technology and patents are pending in 9 other countries including Canada, the USA, Australia, Europe, China and India.

The flotation will be used to fund expansion within the healthcare, food processing and industrial sectors as well as accelerating a programme of regulatory approval which the directors believe will enable the company to expand in other geographical areas and market sectors.

Byotrol products work on two levels by eradicating micro-organisms on application through biocidal action and providing continuing protection by disrupting the biofilm formation process necessary for micro-organism reproduction.

Products based upon the Company's technology offer a number of benefits over conventional bacteriocides because they can deal effectively with drug resistant strains, continue to be effective for up to 7 days after application, are virtually harmless to humans and animals and are formulated from substances which have a very low environmental impact.

Because Byotrol products utilise chemicals which are already approved for use in biocides, the company believes it can significantly shorten the time to market required for approvals.

As Business Development Director and product co-inventor Stephen Falder points out,

"Our vision is to become an ingredient brand that can be utilised across a wide range of industry sectors in the same way that you find Teflon used in everything from frying pans to car parts. We have a technology which can be deployed in a number of environments where control of bacteria and micro-organisms are of critical importance.

"Our products utilise chemicals which are already well known in terms of their biocidal properties. What we have developed is an entirely new delivery system that offers a number of unique properties which can help address real issues faced by organisations in numerous industry sectors."

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Byotrol: How It Works

The breakthrough that makes Byotrol unique is that it uses a combination of the laws of physics and chemistry to halt the march of bacteria.

Byotrol has a three stage effect on micro-organisms (bugs) and it uses changes in surface tension as the basis of its attack on bacteria. Surface tension has a huge effect on small things and a small effect on big things. The effects of Byotrol on the bugs are deadly, but the process only has a measurable effect on the tiniest of living organisms and is therefore harmless to humans and animals

Byotrol interferes with the conditioning of the surface, such as a wall or table, before the micro-organism lands, making it more difficult for the micro organism to settle on the surface and stay there and reproduce.

When the micro-organism secretes material in an attempt to form a biofilm, (ie what is needed for it to stick to the surface) the secretion compounds - proteins, polysaccharides or oily type materials - are all disrupted by the pervading surface tension regime, making it much more difficult or impossible for the bug to form a firm attachment to the surface.

Finally, the bug, in its weakened state, succumbs to the gentlest of biocidal action provided by the associated biocides contained within Byotrol. These are not heavy duty compounds, but when acting on such a tiny life form as a micro- organism, they cause the bug's membrane to burst before it has a chance to reproduce.