PDMR Shareholdings – Grant of Awards

Venture Life Group PLC

05 July 2023

 

Venture Life Group Plc

("Venture Life" or the "Company")

PDMR Shareholdings - Grant of Awards

Venture Life Group plc (AIM: VLG), a leader in developing, manufacturing and commercialising products for the international self-care market, announces that, pursuant to the Company's 2023 Long Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP"), it has granted options to subscribe for an aggregate of 3,000,000 ordinary shares of 0.3p each in the capital of the Company (the "Options") to the Company's Executive Directors, as follows:

Director	Number of Options granted	Exercise Price
Jerry Randall	1,000,000	38.10 pence
Daniel Wells	1,000,000	38.10 pence
Gianluca Braguti	1,000,000	38.10 pence

The Options (which are subject to malus and clawback provisions) will vest after three years following publication of the Company's annual results for 2025 and will be exercisable within 7 years of vesting.  Vesting is conditional on the achievement of certain performance criteria which include a total shareholder return and earnings per share measurement. 

The grant of the Options constitutes a related party transaction for the purposes of AIM Rule 13. The independent directors consider, having consulted with the Company's nominated adviser, that the terms of the transaction are fair and reasonable insofar as its shareholders are concerned.

Further detail is provided below in accordance with Article 19.3 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation.

For further information, please contact:

Venture Life Group PLC	[phone]
Jerry Randall, Chief Executive Officer Daniel Wells, Chief Financial Officer
Cenkos Securities plc (Nomad and Broker)	[phone]
Stephen Keys / Camilla Hume
Russell Kerr / Michael Johnson (Sales)
Singer Capital Markets (Joint Broker) Shaun Dobson / Alaina Wong  (Corporate Finance)                                        Jonathan Dighe (Sales)	[phone]

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Jerry Randall
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Executive
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Venture Life Group plc
b)	LEI	213800S8CZUPLAB2KC70
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 Identification code	Ordinary shares of 0.3p each ISIN: GB00BFPM8908
b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of options
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 38.10 pence 1,000,000
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	n/a - see above
e)	Date of the transaction	5 July 2023
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Daniel Wells
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Finance Officer
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Venture Life Group plc
b)	LEI	213800S8CZUPLAB2KC70
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 Identification code	Ordinary shares of 0.3p each ISIN: GB00BFPM8908
b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of options
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 38.10 pence 1,000,000
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	n/a - see above
e)	Date of the transaction	5 July 2023
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Gianluca Braguti
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Manufacturing Officer
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Venture Life Group plc
b)	LEI	213800S8CZUPLAB2KC70
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 Identification code	Ordinary shares of 0.3p each ISIN: GB00BFPM8908
b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of options
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 38.10 pence 1,000,000
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	n/a - see above
e)	Date of the transaction	5 July 2023
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

 

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