Exercise of Options and Director/PDMR Shareholding

Gattaca PLC

25 September 2023

 

25 September 2023

Gattaca plc

("Gattaca" or the "Company")

Exercise of Options and Director/PDMR Shareholding

Gattaca, the specialist staffing solutions business, announces the exercise of certain management incentive options ("Options"), including by Matthew Wragg, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and a further person discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMR").

Following the exercise of Options the Company has allotted 82,844 ordinary shares of one penny each (the "Ordinary Shares"). The newly allotted Ordinary Shares are covered by the Company's existing block listing facility.

Matthew Wragg has exercised 19,504 Options over Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Matchtech Group 2006 LTIP and 28,956 Options pursuant to the Gattaca plc 2016 LTIP.  Grahame Carter, the Company's Chief Sales Officer and a PDMR, has exercised 34,126 Options over Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Gattaca plc 2016 LTIP.  A further employee of the Company has exercised 258 Options over Ordinary Shares.

Following the Option exercise, Matthew Wragg and Grahame Carter subsequently sold a total of 38,469 Ordinary Shares in order to satisfy personal tax liabilities.  The number of Options exercised and Ordinary Shares subsequently sold, at an average price of 1.193888 per Ordinary Share, by Matthew Wragg and Grahame Carter, together with their resultant total beneficial holdings of Ordinary Shares, is set out below.

Individual/ PDMR role	LTIP Options exercised	Number of Ordinary Shares sold	Resultant shareholding
Matthew Wragg, Chief Executive Officer	48,460	22,573	79,509
Grahame Carter, Chief Sales Officer*	34,126	15,896	93,880

*including persons closely associated with him

Further information is contained in the disclosure tables below.

For further information please contact:

Gattaca plc	[phone]
Matthew Wragg, Chief Executive Officer Oliver Whittaker, Chief Financial Officer
Liberum Capital Limited (Nomad and Broker)	[phone]
Lauren Kettle Richard Lindley
IFC Advisory	[phone]
Tim Metcalfe Graham Herring Florence Chandler

NOTIFICATION AND PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF TRANSACTIONS BY PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND PERSONS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THEM: 1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated a) Name Matthew Wragg 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 Gattaca plc b) LEI 213800LM81ZQ9V9G6866 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 1p each GB00B1FMDQ43 b) Nature of the transaction Exercise of Share Options c) Price(s) and volume(s)    Price(s) Volume(s) a)   £0.01 b)   £0.01 a)   19,504 b)   28,956 d) Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price 48,460 £484.60 e) Date of the transaction 22 September 2023 f) Place of the transaction Off-market transaction

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Matthew Wragg
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	Gattaca plc
b)	LEI	213800LM81ZQ9V9G6866
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 1p each GB00B1FMDQ43
b)	Nature of the transaction	Sale of Ordinary Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £1.193888 22,573
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	22,573 £26,949.63
e)	Date of the transaction	22 September 2023
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Grahame Carter
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Sales Officer and a PDMR
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Gattaca plc
b)	LEI	213800LM81ZQ9V9G6866
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 1p each GB00B1FMDQ43
b)	Nature of the transaction	Exercise of Share Options
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £0.01 34,126
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	34,126 £341.26
e)	Date of the transaction	22 September 2023
f)	Place of the transaction	Off-market transaction

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Grahame Carter
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Sales Officer and a PDMR
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Gattaca plc
b)	LEI	213800LM81ZQ9V9G6866
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 1p each GB00B1FMDQ43
b)	Nature of the transaction	Sale of Ordinary Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £1.193888 15,896
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	15,896 £18,978.04
e)	Date of the transaction	22 September 2023
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

 

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