Director/PDMR Shareholding

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IP Group PLC

10 May 2018

 

FOR RELEASE ON

10 May 2018

IP Group plc - LTIP

IP Group plc (LSE: IPO) ("IP Group" or "the Group" or "the Company"), the developer of intellectual property-based businesses, announces that it has made conditional awards of 5,025,302 ordinary shares of two pence each ("Shares") to its executive directors, other persons discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMRs") and certain other employees under its Long Term Incentive Plan (the "LTIP").

The performance measures attaching to the 2018 awards are based on the achievement of targets linked to growth in the Company's "hard" net assets ("Hard NAV") and total shareholder return ("TSR") as described in the Directors' Remuneration Report of the Annual Report and Accounts. The starting point for the TSR target is 134.5p, being the one-month average closing price up to the date of grant. The starting point for the Hard NAV performance measure is the Group's audited Hard NAV at 31 December 2017 of £1,326.2m. The number of Shares conditionally awarded was calculated using the closing price on 9 May 2018 of 139.2p.

Assuming satisfaction of the conditions in full, the awards will ordinarily vest on or after 31 March 2021 and the Shares will be issued as soon as practicable after these dates. Any such Shares would be subject to a minimum two-year post-vesting holding period.

Conditional awards over 2,539,512 Shares have been made to the executive directors and other PDMRs, as set out in the table below, with awards over a further 2,485,790 to other of the Group's employees.

Executive Director/PDMR	Maximum number of Shares conditionally awarded in respect of 2018 LTIP	Maximum number of conditionally awarded Shares outstanding at the date of this announcement
Alan Aubrey	894,397	2,415,852
David Baynes	395,115	1,547,028
Mike Townend	395,115	1,101,028
Greg Smith	395,115	1,080,489
Sam Williams	395,115	725,170
Mark Reilly	64,655	163,736

The number of Shares stated is the maximum number that could be issued to each executive director or PDMR upon full satisfaction of the performance conditions attaching to the awards.

As at the date of this announcement, a total of 12,651,184 Shares conditionally awarded to executive directors, other PDMRs and employees of IP Group remain outstanding under the IP Group LTIP and subject to performance conditions.

The Company currently has 1,059,144,595 Ordinary Shares in issue.

The following information is being disclosed pursuant to the requirements of MAR.

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	Alan Aubrey Mike Townend Greg Smith David Baynes Sam Williams Mark Reilly
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Director        Chief Executive Officer Director        Chief Investment Officer Director        Chief Financial Officer Director        Chief Operating Officer PDMR          Managing Partner, Life Sciences PDMR          Managing Partner, Technology
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial Notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	IP Group plc
b)	Legal Entity Identifier	213800HG22UM138WFG43
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 2p each in IP Group plc   ISIN: GB00B128J450
b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of Options under the IP Group plc LTIP
c)	Currency	GBP
d)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Name(s) Price(s) Volume(s) Alan Aubrey Nil 894,397 Mike Townend Nil 395,115 Greg Smith Nil 395,115 David Baynes Nil 395,115 Sam Williams Nil 395,115 Mark Reilly Nil   64,655
e)	Aggregated information -Aggregated volume - Price - Aggregated total	Aggregated Number of Shares Granted Under the LTIP to Directors and PDMRs on 9 May 2018: 2,539,512 Price: £ nil
f)	Date of the transaction	9 May 2018.
g)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, Main Market

For more information, please contact:

IP Group plc	www.ipgroupplc.com
Alan Aubrey, Chief Executive Officer Greg Smith, Chief Financial Officer Liz Vaughan-Adams, Communications	[phone] [phone]/[phone]
Charlotte Street Partners
Andrew Wilson	[phone]
Martha Walsh	[phone]

Notes for editors

About IP Group

IP Group is a leading intellectual property commercialisation company which focuses on evolving great ideas, mainly from its partner universities, into world-changing businesses. The Group has pioneered a unique approach to developing these ideas and the resulting businesses by providing access to business building expertise, capital (through its 100%-owned FCA-authorised subsidiaries IP Capital and Parkwalk Advisors), networks, recruitment and business support. IP Group has a strong track record of success and its portfolio comprises holdings in early-stage to mature businesses across life sciences and technology. IP Group is listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange under the code IPO. For more information, please visit our website at www.ipgroupplc.com.

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