Tekcapital plc Technology acquisition (1841D)
27 1월 2015 - 4:01PM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 1841D
Tekcapital plc
27 January 2015
27 January 2015
Tekcapital Plc
("Tekcapital", "the Company" or "the Group")
Technology acquisition
- Tekcapital acquires exclusive license to University of
Arkansas developed technology -
- Patent pending coating for baked products to impart the
attributes of fried foods -
Tekcapital plc (AIM: TEK), an international provider of
technology and intellectual property services, is pleased to
announce that it has acquired the exclusive worldwide license from
the University of Arkansas, Division of Agriculture for a new,
patent pending coating for baked products that imparts the
attributes of fried foods. The invention is an improved composition
and process to bring liquid oil into a powdered or wet batter
coating for food products. This reduces the fat content in the
finished product by approximately 60%, thus enabling baked products
to successfully substitute for higher fat content fried foods.
This process can be incorporated into existing coating lines
without modification and uses all commercially available products.
Initial tests have shown that coated products, when baked, have the
taste, texture and appearance of fried products. These results were
recently published in the Journal of Food Science (Enzyme-Modified
Starch as an Oil Delivery System for Bake-Only Chicken Nuggets,
Sarah Purcell, Ya-Jane Wang* and Han-Seok Seo, Journal of Food
Science, Volume 79, Issue 5, pages C802-C809, May 2014).
The Directors believe that this technology represents an
important IP opportunity with the potential for mass market
adoption via out-licensing.
Industry potential
According to the World Health Organization "Overweight and
obesity are defined as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that
may impair health. Overweight and obesity are leading risks for
global deaths. Around 3.4 million adults die each year as a result
of being overweight or obese. In addition, 44% of the diabetes
burden, 23% of the ischaemic heart disease burden and between 7%
and 41% of certain cancer burdens are attributable to overweight
and obesity. More than 1.4 billion adults, 20 and older, were
overweight. Of these overweight adults, over 200 million men and
nearly 300 million women were obese. Overall, more than 10% of the
world's adult population is obese. The fundamental cause of obesity
and overweight is an energy imbalance between calories consumed and
calories expended. Globally, there has been: an increased intake of
energy-dense foods that are high in fat; and an increase in
physical inactivity due to the increasingly sedentary nature of
many forms of work, changing modes of transportation, and
increasing urbanization."
The Directors believe that the new technology has the potential
to enable consumers who enjoy fried foods to benefit from a food
that has the taste, texture and appearance of fried food, but has a
much lower fat concentration, thereby facilitating a healthier diet
which is believed to protect against obesity and obesity related
diseases.
Commenting on the announcement, Dr. Clifford M. Gross, Executive
Chairman of Tekcapital plc, said:
"We are excited to have agreed to acquire this exclusive license
from the University of Arkansas and look forward to commercializing
this technology with leading, forward thinking food companies that
can benefit from improving the nutritional content of their product
offerings."
Dr. Wang, the co-inventor of the technology, added:
"We developed this new food coating to provide a healthier
alternative to fried foods that retains the taste and appeal of
these popular products. Initial studies have found that there is no
significant difference in the taste of the baked food using the
coating and fried food, which clearly has a much higher fat
content. We are very excited about the potential for this new
coating to improve health."
Tekcapital will issue 65,732 ordinary shares to the University
of Arkansas for the acquisition of the exclusive license.
For further information please contact:
Tekcapital Plc +1 305 200 3450 Ext 305
Clifford M. Gross cgross@tekcapital.com
University of Arkansas, Division of +1479-575-6833
Agriculture lcchilds@uark.edu
Lisa C. Childs, Ph.D.
Assistant Vice President for Technology
Commercialization
Northland Capital Partners Limited
(NOMAD & Broker) +44 (0) 20 7382 1100
William Vandyk (Corporate Finance) wvandyk@northlandcp.co.uk
John Howes / Alice Lane (Corporate
Broking)
Optiva Securities Limited (Co-Broker) +44 (0) 20 3137 1904
Jeremy King / Vishal Balasingham jeremy.king@optivasecurities.com
FTI Consulting, LLP +44 (0) 20 3727 1000
Chris Lane / Emma Appleton / Roger
Newby tekcapital@fticonsulting.com
Tekcapital plc - The World's Largest University Network for Open
Innovation
Tekcapital helps clients profit from new, university-developed
intellectual properties. With our proprietary discovery search
engine, linked to 3,700+ universities in 160 countries, coupled
with expert scientific review, we provide a turn-key service to
make it easy for clients to find and acquire the IP they need to
create a competitive advantage. Tekcapital plc is listed on the AIM
market of the London Stock Exchange (AIM: symbol TEK) and is
headquartered in Oxford, in the UK. For more information, please
visit www.tekcapital.com
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