REG - OptiBiotix Health - Statement: SkinBioTherapeutics Announcement

OptiBiotix HealthAnnouncement

17/02/2026 07:00

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RNS Number : 2389T  OptiBiotix Health PLC  17 February 2026

OptiBiotix Health plc

("OptiBiotix" or the "Company" or the "Group")

 

Statement: SkinBioTherapeutics Announcement

 

OptiBiotix Health plc (AIM: OPTI, OTCQB: OPTBF), a life sciences business
developing products which reduce hunger and food cravings, enhance the gut
microbiome, and sweet fibres as healthy sugar substitutes provides a statement
relating to the recent announcements made by SkinBioTherapeutics ("SBTX").

OptiBiotix recognises the uncertainty in the market from recent announcements
by SBTX and its impact on the value of the Company's 5.64% holding in SBTX.
OptiBiotix confirms it has no current intention to sell its SBTX shares. The
Company confirms it has not sold any ProBiotix Health ("PBX") shares and has
no current plans to sell PBX shares.

The Company's unaudited cash position as of 31(st) December 2025 was just over
£1 million (2024: £739k) with no current requirement to raise new funds.
 The Company's focus is on increasing sales, improving margins, and reducing
costs to develop a sustainable business, and launching its second-generation
products. Considerable progress has already been made in growing sales,
particularly of high margin product lines, with orders for 2026 previously
reported of over £800K (announced: 21 January 2026).  The Company has
developed profit and loss accounts for each part of its business (OptiBiotix
Health USA, OptiBiotix Health India, Ecommerce and B2B) with each business
unit tasked with covering its direct costs by the end of 2026. Considerable
progress has also been made in January 2026 in managing marketing spend in
Ecommerce with its Amazon account now profitable and its China Ecommerce
account anticipated to be profitable in forthcoming months.

Stephen O'Hara, CEO of OptiBiotix, commented:

"The board recognises the uncertainty recent announcements by SBTX have had on
the value of its holding in SBTX and indirectly in OPTI itself.  The Company
believes the fundamentals of its business are strong and reminds investors of
material progress in its SweetBiotix products (announced: 24 November 2025)
and a recent large order from Meelung of 24mt (announced: 21 January 2026) and
record start to 2026. The Board believes it is in the strongest position it
has been in with its first-generation products and making strong progress with
its second-generation products."

This announcement contains information which, prior to its disclosure, was
considered inside information for the purposes of the UK Market Abuse
Regulation and the Directors of the Company are responsible for the release of
this announcement.

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View the full announcement and submit questions to management via our
website: https://optibiotix.com/link/PmpRXr
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 For further information, please contact: OptiBiotix Health plc      www.optibiotix.com (http://www.optibiotix.com/)
 Neil Davidson, Chairman
 Stephen O'Hara, Chief Executive

 Cairn Financial Advisers LLP (NOMAD and Broker)                     Tel: 020 7213 0880
 Liam Murray / Ludovico Lazzaretti / James Western

About OptiBiotix - www.optibiotix.com (http://www.optibiotix.com/)

OptiBiotix Health plc (AIM: OPTI, OTCQB: OPTBF), OptiBiotix Health has
developed a range of technologies and commercialised products which modulate
the human microbiome to help prevent and manage human disease.  Since the
Group's inception it has created a wide range of microbiome-based ingredients
and products including prebiotic products like SlimBiome®, WellBiome®,
SweetBiotix® and Microbiome Modulators within its core OptiBiotix Health plc
(OPTI) business, but also skincare through its holdings in SkinBioTherapeutics
PLC (SBTX), and probiotics through ProBiotix Health plc (PBX). These companies
create a diverse portfolio technologies and products in an emerging area of
healthcare that is of growing interest in consumer markets throughout the
world.

 

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expressions, including references to assumptions.  These forward-looking
statements are not based on historical facts but rather on the Directors'
current expectations and assumptions regarding the Company's future growth,
results of operations, performance, future capital and other expenditures
(including the amount, nature and sources of funding thereof), competitive
advantages, business prospects and opportunities. Such forward-looking
statements reflect the Directors' current beliefs and assumptions and are
based on information currently available to the Directors.

 

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