Treasury shares issued & PDMR dealing

RNS Number : 8518R

Science Group PLC

01 November 2019

 

1 November 2019

Science Group plc

(the "Company" or "Science Group")

Treasury shares issued and PDMR dealing

Science Group plc (AIM:SAG) announces that on 31 October 2019 the Company issued 395,724 treasury shares at an average price of 5.31 pence per share in settlement of the exercise of share options.  As part of this transaction:

·     Rebecca Archer, Director, acquired 50,000 ordinary shares in the Company at a price of 1 pence per share.  On the same day, Rebecca Archer subsequently disposed of 45,000 ordinary shares in the Company at a price of 195 pence per share.

·     Sarah Cole, PDMR, acquired 50,000 ordinary shares in the Company at a price of 1 pence per share.  On the same day, Sarah Cole subsequently disposed of 45,000 ordinary shares in the Company at a price of 195 pence per share.

The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) immediately following this announcement is 41,616,040.  The Company holds 445,995 shares in treasury.

As a result of these transactions, the following directors' shareholdings as a percentage of the total issued share capital of the Company (excluding those shares held in treasury) have changed as follows:

	No. of shares held	% holding of ISC (exc treasury)
Martyn Ratcliffe	13,412,906	32.23%
David Courtley	375,000	0.90%
Rebecca Archer	65,000	0.16%
Daniel Edwards	74,000	0.18%

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: Rebecca Archer
1.	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status: Finance Director
b)	Initial notification/Amendment:  Initial notification
2.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name: Science Group plc
b)	LEI: 2138009OJQT79BDB3E93
3.	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 1p each. Identification code: GB00B39GTJ17
b)	Nature of the transaction: Acquisition of shares following exercise of share options
c)	Price(s) and volume(s): Price(s) Volume(s) 1p 50,000
d)	Aggregated information: ·      Aggregated volume: 50,000 ·      Price: £500
e)	Date of the transaction:  2019-10-31
f)	Place of the transaction: AIMX

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name: Rebecca Archer
2.	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status: Finance Director
b)	Initial notification/Amendment:  Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name: Science Group plc
b)	LEI: 2138009OJQT79BDB3E93
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 1p each. Identification code: GB00B39GTJ17
b)	Nature of the transaction: Disposal of shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s): Price(s) Volume(s) 195p 45,000
d)	Aggregated information: ·      Aggregated volume: 45,000 ·      Price: £87,750
e)	Date of the transaction:  2019-10-31
f)	Place of the transaction: AIMX

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name: Sarah Cole
2.	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status: Group Legal Counsel & Company Secretary
b)	Initial notification/Amendment:  Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name: Science Group plc
b)	LEI: 2138009OJQT79BDB3E93
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 1p each. Identification code: GB00B39GTJ17
b)	Nature of the transaction: Acquisition of shares following exercise of share options
c)	Price(s) and volume(s): Price(s) Volume(s) 1p 50,000
d)	Aggregated information: ·      Aggregated volume: 50,000 ·      Price: £500
e)	Date of the transaction:  2019-10-31
f)	Place of the transaction: AIMX

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name: Sarah Cole
2.	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status: Group Legal Counsel & Company Secretary
b)	Initial notification/Amendment:  Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name: Science Group plc
b)	LEI: 2138009OJQT79BDB3E93
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 1p each. Identification code: GB00B39GTJ17
b)	Nature of the transaction: Disposal of shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s): Price(s) Volume(s) 195p 45,000
d)	Aggregated information: ·      Aggregated volume: 45,000 ·      Price: £87,750
e)	Date of the transaction:  2019-10-31
f)	Place of the transaction: AIMX

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For further information:

Science Group plc
Sarah Cole, Company Secretary	Tel: [phone]

Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited
Nominated Adviser: Dominic Morley/Alina Vaskina	Tel: [phone]
Corporate Broking: Erik Anderson

 

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