Exercise of Share Options by Director

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Eco Animal Health Group plc announced that Chief Financial Officer Christopher Wilks exercised 4,309 nominal cost share options, which were satisfied by transferring existing ordinary shares from the Employee Benefit Trust, resulting in no new shares being issued. Following this transaction, Mr. Wilks' beneficial shareholding is 178,186 ordinary shares, representing approximately 0.26% of the issued share capital, while the total number of ordinary shares with voting rights remains at 67,759,671.

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Eco Animal Health Group PLC
18 December 2025
 

18 December 2025

 

 

 

 

 

ECO Animal Health Group plc

("ECO" or the "Company")

 

Exercise of Share Options and Director/PDMR Shareholdings

ECO Animal Health Group plc (AIM: EAH), a rapidly growing global animal health company with a portfolio of marketed veterinary products and a maturing proprietary R&D pipeline, announces that Christopher Wilks, Chief Financial Officer, has exercised 4,309 nominal cost share options granted under the Company's Deferred Bonus Share Options scheme (the "Scheme"). These share options were granted on 12 December 2022 as a deferral of one-third of Mr Wilks' bonus relating to the year ended 31 March 2022.

The exercise has been fully satisfied through the transfer of existing ordinary shares held by the ECO Animal Health Group Employee Benefit Trust ("EBT"). No new ordinary shares have been issued in connection with this transaction.

As a result of this transaction, Mr. Wilks' total beneficial shareholding in the Company is now 178,186 ordinary shares, representing approximately 0.26% of the Company's issued share capital ("ISC").

Therefore, the total number of ordinary shares with voting rights in the Company remains at 67,759,671. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in the Group under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

The notifications below, provided in accordance with the requirements of the UK Market Abuse Regulation, provide further details

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For further information please contact:

 

ECO Animal Health Group plc

David Hallas (Chief Executive Officer)

Christopher Wilks (Chief Financial Officer)

 


020 8447 8899

ICR Healthcare (Financial PR)

Mary-Jane Elliott

Jessica Hodgson

 

020 3709 5700

 

Singer Capital Markets (Nominated Adviser & Joint Broker)

Philip Davies

Samed Ethemi

 

020 7496 3000

Panmure Liberum (Joint Broker)

Emma Earl

Will Goode

Mark Rogers

Rupert Dearden

 

020 3100 2000 

 

Equity Development

Hannah Crowe

Matt Evans

020 7065 2692


 

 

About ECO Animal Health

ECO Animal Health is a world leader in animal health, developing and marketing branded veterinary pharmaceuticals globally, with expertise in antibiotics and vaccines for pigs and poultry. We have a maturing proprietary R&D pipeline.

Headquartered in the UK, with global offices including R&D and manufacturing, we have marketing authorisations in over 70 countries and employ over 200 people worldwide.

Our lead product, Aivlosin® is a proprietary, patented medication which is effective against both respiratory and intestinal diseases in pigs and poultry. 

Click here for more information: https://ecoanimalhealth.com

 

PDMR Notification - ECO LTIP Nominal Cost Conditional Share Awards

1.           

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a.            

Name

Christopher Wilks           

2.            

Reason for the notification

a.            

Position/status

Chief Financial Officer

 

b.            

Initial notification

/Amendment

 

Initial notification

3.            

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

a.           

Name

Eco Animal Health Group Plc

b.           

LEI

2138009XN9DJ3YP7OB55

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

Options over ordinary shares of 5p each.

 

GB0032036807 

 

b.            

Nature of the transaction

1.    Nominal cost share awards under the Company's Deferred Bonus Share Options ("DBS").

c.            

Price(s) and volume(s)

 



Price(s)

 

Volume(s)

2.

DBS

5p

4,309





      

d.            

Aggregated information

Aggregated volume

Price 

 

 

n/a

 

e.            

Date of the transaction

17 December 2025

f.            

Place of the transaction

Off Market

 

 

 

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