Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 7776R

Eden Research plc

19 June 2018

 

19 June 2018

Eden Research plc

("Eden" or "Company)

Director/PDMR Shareholding

Eden Research plc (AIM: EDEN), the AIM listed company that develops and supplies breakthrough biopesticide products and natural microencapsulation technologies to the global crop protection, animal health and consumer products industries, announces that Sean Smith, CEO, has purchased 213,921 ordinary shares of 1p each in Eden ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of £0.14.

Following the transaction outlined above, Mr Smith's interest in the share capital of the Company is 213,921 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.10 per cent of the Company's issued share capital. 

The notification below, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, provide further details of the PDMR dealings set out above.

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Mr Sean Smith
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Executive Officer
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Eden Research plc
b)	LEI	213800ZWTYTVQQSM3J85
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 1 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") GB0001646941
b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of Ordinary Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 14 pence per share 213,921 Ordinary Shares
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	N/A (single transaction)
e)	Date of the transaction	18/6/2018
f)	Place of the transaction	LSE, AIM Market (XLON)

For further information contact:

Eden Research plc	www.edenresearch.com
Sean Smith Alex Abrey	01285 359 555
Shore Capital (Nomad)	020 7408 4090
Stephane Auton / Patrick Castle
Powerscourt (Financial PR)	020 7250 1446
Nick Dibden Jana Tsiligiannis

Notes:

Eden Research is a technology development and commercialisation company with intellectual property and expertise in encapsulation, terpenes and environmentally friendly technologies to provide naturally occurring solutions for the global agrochemicals, animal health, and consumer products industries.

Eden's encapsulation technology harnesses the biocidal efficacy of naturally occurring chemicals produced by plants (terpenes) and can also be used with both natural and synthetic compounds to enhance their performance and ease-of-use. The technology uses yeast cells that are a by-product of numerous commercial production processes to deliver a slow release of natural compounds for agricultural and non-agricultural uses. Terpenes are already widely used in the food flavouring, cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries.

Historically, terpenes have had limited commercial use in the agrochemical sector due to their volatility, phytotoxicity and poor solubility. Eden's platform encapsulation technology provides a unique, environmentally friendly solution to these problems and enables terpenes to be used as effective, low-risk agrochemicals.

Eden is developing these technologies through innovative research and a series of commercial production, marketing and distribution partnerships.

The Company has a number of patents and a pipeline of products at differing stages of development targeting specific areas of the global agrochemicals industry. To date, the Company has invested in the region of £13m in developing and protecting its intellectual property and seeking regulatory approval for products that rely upon the Company's technologies. Revenues earned by the Company have been modest whilst the Company has concentrated on securing patent protection for its intellectual property, gaining regulatory approvals, identifying suitable industrial partners, and entering into commercial agreements. 

In May 2013, the three actives that comprise Eden's first commercial product, 3AEY, were approved as new ingredients for use in plant protection products. This represented a major milestone in the commercialisation of Eden's technology and is a significant accomplishment for any company.  To illustrate this point, one should note that in all of 2013, Eden's approvals represented 3 of only 10 new active ingredients approved by the EC.

3AEY has been authorised for sale in Kenya, Malta, Greece, Bulgaria, Spain, Italy, France, Cyprus, Albania and Portugal.

Eden was admitted to trading on AIM on 11 May 2012 and trades under the symbol EDEN.

For more information about Eden, please visit: www.edenresearch.com.

 

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