Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 4274N
Gattaca PLC
09 May 2018
 

                                   

9 May 2018

 

 

Gattaca plc (the 'Company')

Director / PDMR Shareholding - SIP Purchase

 

 

The Company was notified on 8 May 2018 that the following transactions took place in relation to the Company's Share Incentive Plan ("SIP") on 8 May 2018.

The SIP is an all-employee trust arrangement under which the SIP Trustees acquire ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the Company ("Shares") using the participating employee's gross salary ("Partnership Shares") and receive allocations of matching free Shares ("Matching Shares").

The SIP Trustees purchased 1,290 Partnership Shares at a price of GBP 1.395 per share on 8 May 2018 on behalf of Keith Lewis, Chief Operating Officer.  As a result, Mr Lewis' total interest in the Company increases to 413,173 Shares, being 1.28% of the Company's issued share capital. 

At the same time, Mr Lewis was allocated 1,290 Matching Shares, which will vest on the third anniversary of the date of the award subject to continued employment for those three years.

The below notification, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, gives further details of the transactions on 8 May 2018.

 

For further information please contact:

Gattaca plc                             

+44 (0) 1489 898989

Salar Farzad, Chief Financial Officer   

     


Citigate Dewe Rogerson

+44 (0) 20 7638 9571

Louise Mason-Rutherford / Nick Hayns / Ellen Wilton

 


Numis Securities Limited

+44 (0) 20 7260 1000

Michael Meade / Kevin Cruickshank / Tom Ballard

 

 


 



 

 

1.

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated

a)

Name: Keith Lewis

2.

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status: Chief Operating Officer

b)

Initial notification/Amendment: Initial Notification

3.

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name: Gattaca plc

b)

LEI: 213800LM81ZQ9V9G6866

4.

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

a)

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument: Ordinary shares of 1p each.

Identification code: GB00B1FMDQ43

b)

Nature of the transaction: Purchase of Partnership Shares and allocation (at nil cost) of Matching Shares (subject to conditions) under the Company's SIP, held through the SIP Trustee.

c)

Price(s) and volume(s):

Price(s)

Volume(s)

GBP 1.395

1,290

Nil

1,290

d)

Aggregated information: Not applicable

e)

Date of the transaction:  2018/05/08

f)

Place of the transaction: XLON

 


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