18 Jun 2018 16:54
18 June 2018
Diurnal Group plc
("Diurnal" or the "Company")
Director Dealings
Diurnal Group plc (AIM: DNL), the specialty pharmaceutical company targeting patient needs in chronic endocrine (hormonal) diseases, announces the following Directors' share sale and re-purchase transaction, undertaken for tax planning purposes:
John Goddard, Non-executive Director, sold 5,500 Ordinary Shares at a price of 189.98 pence per Ordinary Share and immediately purchased 5,427 Ordinary Shares back in his ISA at a price of 192.52 pence per Ordinary share. Following the transaction John Goddard has a total interest of 43,201 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.07% of the total voting rights.
For further information, please visit www.diurnal.co.uk or contact: | |
Diurnal Group plc | +44 (0)20 3727 1000 |
Martin Whitaker, Chief Executive Officer | |
Richard Bungay, Chief Financial Officer | |
Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker) | +44 (0) 20 7886 2500 |
Corporate Finance: Freddy Crossley, Emma Earl | |
Corporate Broking: James Stearns | |
Cantor Fitzgerald Europe (Joint Broker) | +44 (0) 20 7894 7000 |
Corporate Finance: Phil Davies, Will Goode, Michael Boot | |
Healthcare Equity Sales: Andrew Keith | |
FTI Consulting | +44 (0)20 3727 1000 |
Simon Conway | |
Victoria Foster Mitchell | |
Notes to Editors
About Diurnal Group plc
Founded in 2004, Diurnal is a UK-based specialty pharma company developing high quality products for the global market for the life-long treatment of chronic endocrine conditions, including Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia and Adrenal Insufficiency. Its expertise and innovative research activities focus on circadian-based endocrinology to yield novel product candidates in the rare and chronic endocrine disease arena.
For further information about Diurnal, please visit www.diurnal.co.uk
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
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a)
| Name
| John Goddard | |||
2
| Reason for the notification
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a)
| Position/status
| Non-executive Director | |||
b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial notification | |||
3
| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
| ||||
a)
| Name
| Diurnal Group plc | |||
b)
| LEI
| 213800I2HNUNZN1LDH29 | |||
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 | Ordinary shares of 5 pence each in Diurnal Group plc | |||
Identification code | GB00BDB6Q760 | ||||
b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Sale | |||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) | ||||
Price(s) | Volume(s) | ||||
189.98p | 5,500 | ||||
d)
| Aggregated information | ||||
- Aggregated volume | 5,500 | ||||
- Price | £10,448.90 | ||||
e)
| Date of the transaction
| 18 April 2018 | |||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| XLON | |||
1
| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
| ||||
a)
| Name
| John Goddard | |||
2
| Reason for the notification
| ||||
a)
| Position/status
| Non-executive Director | |||
b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial notification | |||
3
| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
| ||||
a)
| Name
| Diurnal Group plc | |||
b)
| LEI
| 213800I2HNUNZN1LDH29 | |||
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 | Ordinary shares of 5 pence each in Diurnal Group plc | |||
Identification code | GB00BDB6Q760 | ||||
b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Purchase | |||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) | ||||
Price(s) | Volume(s) | ||||
192.52p | 5,427 | ||||
d)
| Aggregated information | ||||
- Aggregated volume | 5,427 | ||||
- Price | £10,448.06 | ||||
e)
| Date of the transaction
| 18 April 2018 | |||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| XLON | |||