1 Jun 2017 13:07
To: Companies Announcement Office
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
1 June 2017
Bioquell PLC
PDMR Dealing, exercise of share options and issue of new ordinary shares
Bioquell PLC announces that it has issued 66,118 ordinary shares of 10p each following the exercise of options under the Company's share option and SAYE schemes. The 66,118 new Ordinary Shares comprise 4,588 Ordinary Shares allotted on 19 May 2017, 2,076 Ordinary Shares allotted on 26 May 2017 and 59,454 Ordinary Shares allotted on 31 May 2017. The option exercises have been satisfied by the Company's block listing arrangements.
The exercise of options on 31 May 2017 included the exercise by Michael Roller and Georgina Pope, both PDMRs, of options over 4,506 Ordinary Shares each on maturity of the SAYE scheme.
The issued share capital of the Company is now comprised of 23,185,930 Ordinary Shares of 10p each. As 652,000 of these Ordinary Shares are held as treasury shares, the total number of voting rights in the company is 22,533,930. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
The notifications below, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, provides further detail on the PDMR transactions:
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 | Michael Roller
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2 | Reason for the notification - Exercise of options over Ordinary Shares
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a) | Position/status | Finance Director | ||||
b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification
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3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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a) | Name | Bioquell Plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 2138 005 BQVKIZE 84122 | ||||
a) | Description of the financial instrument,type of instrument Identification code | Options over Ordinary Shares of £0.10
GB0004992003 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Exercise of options | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | N/A - single transaction | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 31 May 2017 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | n/a | ||||
d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | N/A - single transaction | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 31 May 2017 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | Off market | ||||
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 | Georgina Pope
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2 | Reason for the notification - Exercise of options over Ordinary Shares
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a) | Position/status | Company Secretary | ||||
b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification
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3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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a) | Name | Bioquell Plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 2138 005 BQVKIZE 84122
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a) | Description of the financial instrument,type of instrument Identification code | Options over Ordinary Shares of £0.10
GB0004992003 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Exercise of options | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | N/A - single transaction | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 31 May 2017 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | n/a | ||||
d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | N/A - single transaction | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 31 May 2017 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | Off market | ||||
Ends
Enquiries:
Georgina Pope
Bioquell PLC
01264 835 900