Avacta Group Regulatory News (AVCT)

4 Apr 2008 17:20

Avacta Group PLC04 April 2008 Avacta Group plc Directors' Shareholdings Avacta Group plc (the "Company") announces that it has received notification ofthe following transactions undertaken by Directors of the Company in theordinary shares of 0.1p each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares").Each transaction represents the sale of Ordinary Shares to the director's SIPPand has been undertaken for tax planning purposes. There is no change to thebeneficial interest of any of the directors. Director Date of Sale price Total shareholding transaction Ordinary per share Total as a percentage of (2008) Shares sold to (p) shareholding issued ordinary the SIPP share capital Alastair Smith 3 April 1,838,286 4.00 49,617,468 6.03 Kurt Baldwin 3 April 870,625 4.00 48,824,258 5.93 Simon Webster 4 April 888,475 4.25 48,824,258 5.93 Russell Hodgetts 3 April 619,383 4.00 9,847,912 1.20 For further information, please contact: Alastair Smith, Chief Executive Tel: 0870 835 4367 David Youngman, WH Ireland Limited Tel: 0161 832 2174 Henry Turcan, Novum Securities Limited Tel: 020 7562 4713 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange