8 Dec 2016 17:09
For immediate release | 8 December 2016 |
ABCAM PLC
("Abcam" or "the Company")
Director/PDMR Shareholding: Share Incentive Plan ('Plan')
Cambridge, UK: Abcam plc (AIM: ABC), a global leader in the supply of life science research tools, has been notified today that on 7 December 2016, following the annual invitation to participate in the Plan, the Trustees of the Plan purchased and granted Ordinary Shares of 0.2 pence per share in the Company at a price of £7.9225 per share under the Plan's Partnership Share and Matching Share Scheme on behalf of the persons listed below:
PDMR:
Name | Partnership Shares purchased | Matching Shares granted |
Alan Hirzel | 227 | 227 |
Chief Executive Officer | ||
Gavin Wood | 227 | 227 |
Chief Financial Officer | ||
Suzanne Smith | 227 | 227 |
Chief Legal Officer and Company Secretary |
The risk of forfeiture attached to the Matching Shares will normally be removed on the third anniversary of the award subject to continued employment and the retention of the Partnership Shares in connection with which they were awarded. The above grantees paid the consideration for the Partnership Shares purchased on their behalf, but no consideration was paid by the above grantees in respect of the award of the Matching Shares and no consideration will be due on the release of these shares.
For further information please contact:
Abcam | + 44 (0) 1223 696 000 |
Suzanne Smith, Company Secretary
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J.P.Morgan Cazenove - Nominated Advisor & Corporate Broker | + 44 (0) 20 7742 4000 |
James Mitford / Christopher Cargill | |
FTI Consulting | + 44 (0) 20 3727 1000
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1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | ||
a) | Name | Mr Alan Hirzel | |
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 | Abcam plc | |
b) | Legal Entity Identifier | N/A | |
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 0.2 pence each
GB00B6774699 | |
b) | Nature of the transaction | Purchase of Partnership shares and Grant of Matching Shares under the Abcam plc Share Incentive Plan | |
c) | Currency | GBP | |
d) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) | Volume(s) |
7.9225 | 454 | ||
e) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price - Aggregated total |
454 7.9225 3,596.81 | |
f) | Date of the transaction | 7 December 2016 | |
g) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, AIM | |
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | ||
a) | Name | Mr Gavin Wood | |
2 | Reason for the notification | ||
a) | Position/status | Chief Financial Officer | |
b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial Notification | |
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||
a) | Name | Abcam plc | |
b) | Legal Entity Identifier | N/A | |
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 0.2 pence each
GB00B6774699 | |
b) | Nature of the transaction | Purchase of Partnership shares and Grant of Matching Shares under the Abcam plc Share Incentive Plan | |
c) | Currency | GBP | |
d) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) | Volume(s) |
7.9225 | 454 | ||
e) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price - Aggregated total |
454 7.9225 3,596.81 | |
f) | Date of the transaction | 7 December 2016 | |
g) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, AIM | |
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | ||
a) | Name | Mrs Suzanne Smith | |
2 | Reason for the notification | ||
a) | Position/status | Chief Legal Officer and 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 | Abcam plc | |
b) | Legal Entity Identifier | N/A | |
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 0.2 pence each
GB00B6774699 | |
b) | Nature of the transaction | Purchase of Partnership shares and Grant of Matching Shares under the Abcam plc Share Incentive Plan | |
c) | Currency | GBP | |
d) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) | Volume(s) |
7.9225 | 454 | ||
e) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price - Aggregated total |
454 7.9225 3,596.81 | |
f) | Date of the transaction | 7 December 2016 | |
g) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, AIM | |