Exercise of Options and Director/PDMR Shareholding

Anpario PLC

16 December 2024

 

Anpario plc

("Anpario", "Group" or "the Company")

Exercise of Options

and

Director/PDMR Shareholding

Anpario (AIM: ANP), the independent manufacturer of natural sustainable animal feed additives for health, nutrition and biosecurity, announces that on 13 December 2024, 84,800 options, granted under the Company's EMI Share Scheme on 9 March 2015, were exercised over ordinary shares of 23 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") at an option price of 290 pence.

The options were exercised by the following Directors:

Director	Number of options over Ordinary Shares	Option Exercise Price
Richard Edwards, Chief Executive Officer	42,400	290 pence
Karen Prior, Corporate Responsibility Director	42,400	290 pence

As such, 84,800 Ordinary Shares (the "EMI Shares") which rank pari passu with all existing Ordinary Shares have been issued by the Company and satisfied via the Company's existing block listing. Each participating Director remitted £122,960 to the Company pursuant to the exercise.

Following the issue of the EMI Shares, the Company's total issued share capital is 20,447,931 Ordinary Shares. 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 Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

Anpario further announces that it was notified on 13^th December 2024 by Karen Prior, that following the exercise of options notified above:

1.    On 13^th December 2024, Karen Prior transferred 14,000 Ordinary Shares to Antony Prior (husband of Karen Prior) at 290p per share. In order to effect a "Bed and ISA" trade, Antony then sold 14,000 Ordinary Shares for 380p per share and immediately repurchased 14,000 Ordinary Shares at a price of 380.10p per share.

2.    On 13^th December 2024, in order to effect a "Bed and ISA" trade, Karen Prior sold 16,000 Ordinary Shares for 380p per share and then immediately repurchased 16,000 Ordinary Shares at a price of 380.10p per share.

Following the above transactions, the ultimate beneficial ownership of Richard Edwards in Anpario is 245,796 Ordinary Shares representing 1.2% of the issued share capital and the ultimate beneficial ownership of Karen Prior and her husband in Anpario is 199,845 Ordinary Shares representing 1.0% of the issued share capital.

 

 

 

 

 

Notification of Transactions of Directors/Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility and their Closely Associated Persons

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Richard Edwards
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	CEO
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Anpario plc
b)	LEI	213800BZHUIUCH3MCC06
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	Exercise of ordinary shares of 23 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") ISIN GB00B3NWT178
b)	Nature of the transaction	Exercise of options
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 290p 42,400
d)	Aggregated information	Price(s) Volume(s) 290p 42,400
e)	Date of the transaction	13 December 2024
f)	Place of the transaction	Off market

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Karen Prior
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Corporate Responsibility Director
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Anpario plc
b)	LEI	213800BZHUIUCH3MCC06
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	Exercise of ordinary shares of 23 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") ISIN GB00B3NWT178
b)	Nature of the transaction	Exercise of options
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 290p 42,400
d)	Aggregated information	Price(s) Volume(s) 290p 42,400
e)	Date of the transaction	13 December 2024
f)	Place of the transaction	Off market

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Karen Prior
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Director 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	Anpario plc
b)	LEI	213800BZHUIUCH3MCC06
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 23 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") ISIN GB00B3NWT178
b)	Nature of the transaction	1.    Transfer of Ordinary shares 2.    Sale of Ordinary Shares 3.    Purchase of Ordinary Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price Volume 1. 290p 14,000 2. 380p 16,000 3. 380.10p 16,000
d)	Aggregated information	n/a (each a single transaction)
e)	Date of the transaction	1.    13 December 2024 2.    13 December 2024 3.    13 December 2024
f)	Place of the transaction	1.    Outside a trading venue 2.    London Stock Exchange (XLON), AIM 3.    London Stock Exchange (XLON), AIM

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Antony Prior
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Spouse of Karen Prior, Director 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	Anpario plc
b)	LEI	213800BZHUIUCH3MCC06
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 23 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") ISIN GB00B3NWT178
b)	Nature of the transaction	1.    Receipt of Ordinary Shares 2.    Sale of Ordinary Shares 3.    Purchase of Ordinary Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price Volume 1. 290p 14,000 2. 380p 14,000 3. 380.10p 14,000
d)	Aggregated information	n/a (each a single transaction)
e)	Date of the transaction	1.    13 December 2024 2.    13 December 2024 3.    13 December 2024
f)	Place of the transaction	1.    Outside a trading venue 2.    London Stock Exchange (XLON), AIM 3.    London Stock Exchange (XLON), AIM

 

 

Enquiries:

Anpario plc
Richard Edwards, CEO	[phone]
Marc Wilson, Group Finance Director	[phone]
Karen Prior, Corporate Responsibility Director and Company Secretary	[phone]

Shore Capital
(Nominated Adviser and Broker)	[phone]
Stephane Auton	Corporate Advisory
David Coaten
Tom Knibbs
Henry Willcocks	Corporate Broking

 

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