ABC.L Regulatory News (ABC)

6 Oct 2009 13:30



Abcam plc ("Abcam" or "the Company") 

PDMR Dealings 

Cambridge, UK: Abcam plc (AIM: ABC), the rapidly growing bioscience company that markets antibodies via its own online catalogue, announces that on 5 October 2009 Jane Cooke, a PDMR of the Company, sold 5,000 ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the Company at a price of 875p per ordinary share. Following this transaction Mrs Cooke has an interest in 349 ordinary shares under the Company's share incentive plan and has options over 17,794 ordinary shares under the Abcam plc 2005 Plan which vest subject to specific performance criteria and options over 3,375 ordinary shares under the Abcam SAYE Scheme 2006.

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About Abcam plc 

Abcam is a producer and distributor of research-grade antibodies headquartered in Cambridge, United Kingdom, with offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, Tokyo, Japan and Hong Kong. Abcam was admitted to AIM in November 2005 and trades under the ticker symbol ABC. The Company produces and distributes its own and third-party produced antibodies to academic and commercial users throughout the world. Product ordering is available through the Company's website www.abcam.com, where customers are also able to access up-to-date and detailed technical product data sheets. All the antibodies are sold under the Abcam brand name and the Company's vision is to build the world's largest online resource of high-quality and commercially viable antibodies. Abcam now has an online catalogue of over 55,000 products, most of which are antibodies, from over 250 suppliers and employs 237 staff in its three operating companies.