DIRECTOR DEALINGS: PureTech Health Senior Partner Buys Shares

LONDON (Alliance News) - PureTech Health PLC said Thursday that Senior Partner John LaMattina bought shares worth GBP70,090 in a transaction on Wednesday.

LaMattina - senior partner since 2009 - acquired 43,000 shares in 163 pence each. Shares in PureTech were 1.2% lower at 160.00 pence on Thursday.

The holding of LaMattina after the transaction was not disclosed.

On Tuesday, PureTech raised USD100.0 million through a modestly discounted share placing. PureTech placed 45.0 million shares at 160 pence each, equivalent to 19% of its existing shares prior to the placing.