PDMR dealing, Admission and Total Voting Rights

Animalcare Group PLC

16 May 2024

 

ANIMALCARE GROUP PLC

 ("Animalcare" or the "Company")

Option Exercise, PDMR Dealing, Admission and Total Voting Rights

16 May 2024. Animalcare Group plc (AIM: ANCR), the international animal health business, announces that on 15 May 2024, options over a total of 221,857 ordinary shares of 20p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") held under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) were exercised by Jennifer Winter, Chief Executive Officer, and Chris Brewster, Chief Financial Officer, both PDMRs.

Application has been made to the London Stock Exchange for the admission of 221,857 Ordinary Shares ("New Ordinary Shares") to trading on AIM ("Admission") and it is expected that Admission of the New Ordinary Shares will become effective and trading will commence at 8.00am on 22 May 2024.

Subsequent to the exercise of options, Jennifer Winter sold 95,220 Ordinary Shares at a price of £2.25 per Ordinary Share to cover the income tax and National Insurance liability resulting from the exercise of the above-mentioned options and Chris Brewster sold 65,245 Ordinary Shares at a price of £2.25 per Ordinary Share.

Following the completion of the exercise and sale, the aggregate shareholdings of Jennifer Winter and Chris Brewster will be:

Name	Aggregate shareholding (Ordinary Shares)	Percentage of total voting rights
Jennifer Winter	68,392	0.11%
Chris Brewster	280,513	0.46%

The New Ordinary Shares, when issued, will be fully paid and will rank pari-passu in all respects with the existing ordinary shares, including the right to receive all dividends and other distributions declared, made or paid after the date of issue. The issue and allotment of the New Ordinary Shares will be within the Company's existing authorities.

Total Voting Rights

Subsequent to Admission, there will be 60,374,268 Ordinary Shares in issue with voting rights. No shares are held in treasury.  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 share capital of the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

The notifications below, made in accordance with the requirements of Article 19 of the UK Market Abuse Regulation, provide additional detail. 

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities (PDMR) and persons closely associated with them (PCA)

ANNEX

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Jennifer Winter, Chief Executive Officer
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	See 1(a) above - Ms Winter is classified as a PDMR of the Company
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial Notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Animalcare Group plc
b)	LEI	213800A7XPQ528RMCC72
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 20p per shares
b)	Identification code	GB0032350695
c)	Nature of the transaction(s)	Acquisition of share on exercise of options under the Animalcare Group plc Long Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP")
d)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) Nil 156,612
e)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
f)	Date of the transaction	15 May 2024
g)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue
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 20p per share
b)	Identification code	GB0032350695
c)	Nature of the transaction(s)	Disposal of ordinary shares of 20p per share to cover tax and national insurance liabilities resulting from abovementioned exercise of options
d)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £2.25 95,220
e)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
f)	Date of the transaction	15 May 2024
g)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Chris Brewster, Chief Financial Officer
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	See 1(a) above - Mr Brewster is classified as a PDMR of the Company
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial Notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Animalcare Group plc
b)	LEI	213800A7XPQ528RMCC72
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 20p per share
b)	Identification code	GB0032350695
c)	Nature of the transaction(s)	Acquisition of share on exercise of options under the Animalcare Group plc Long Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP") [and disposal of ordinary shares]
d)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) Nil 65,245
e)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
f)	Date of the transaction	15 May 2024
g)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue
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 20p per share
b)	Identification code	GB0032350695
c)	Nature of the transaction(s)	Disposal of ordinary shares
d)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £2.25 65,245
e)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A
f)	Date of the transaction	15 May 2024
g)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

 

Enquiries:

Animalcare Group plc
Chris Brewster, Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary	[phone]  [e-mail]
Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited (Nominated Adviser & Joint Broker)	[phone]
Ben Maddison Nick Adams Nicholas Harland Francis North
Panmure Gordon (Joint Broker)	[phone]
Corporate Finance Freddy Crossley/Emma Earl Corporate Broking Rupert Dearden

About Animalcare

Animalcare Group plc is a UK AIM-listed international development-focused veterinary sales and marketing organisation. Animalcare operates in seven countries and exports to approximately 40 countries in Europe and worldwide. The Group is focused on bringing new and innovative products to market through its own development pipeline, partnerships and via acquisition.

For more information, please visit www.animalcaregroup.com

 

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