5 Apr 2018 08:01
5 April 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 subscriptions in its recent placing on the same terms as other investors, as disclosed in the circular issued on 14 March 2018:
Peter Allen, Chairman, subscribed for 10,000 ordinary shares of 5 pence each in Diurnal Group plc ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 190 pence per Ordinary Share. Following the transaction Peter Allen has a total interest of 84,722 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.14% of the total voting rights.
Sam Williams, Non-executive Director, subscribed for 5,500 Ordinary Shares at a price of 190 pence per Ordinary Share. Following the transaction Sam Williams has a total interest of 52,248 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.09% of the total voting rights.
John Goddard, Non-executive Director, subscribed for 5,500 Ordinary Shares at a price of 190 pence per Ordinary Share. Following the transaction John Goddard has a total interest of 43,274 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.07% of the total voting rights.
Alan Raymond, Non-executive Director, subscribed for 5,500 Ordinary Shares at a price of 190 pence per Ordinary Share. Following the transaction Alan Raymond has a total interest of 28,388 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.05% 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 | |
Numis Securities Ltd (Nominated Adviser) | +44 (0)20 7260 1000 |
Nominated Adviser: Michael Meade, Paul Gillam, Freddie Barnfield | |
Corporate Broking: James Black | |
Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited (Joint Broker) | +44 (0) 20 7886 2500 |
Corporate Finance: Freddy Crossley | |
Corporate Broking: Tom Salvesen | |
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
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| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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a)
| Name
| Peter Allen | |||
2
| Reason for the notification
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a)
| Position/status
| Chairman | |||
b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial notification | |||
3
| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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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
| Subscription | |||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) | ||||
Price(s) | Volume(s) | ||||
190p | 10,000 | ||||
d)
| Aggregated information | ||||
- Aggregated volume | N/A - single transaction | ||||
- Price | |||||
e)
| Date of the transaction
| 5 April 2018 | |||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| Outside a trading venue | |||
1
| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
| ||||
a)
| Name
| Sam Williams | |||
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
| Subscription | |||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) | ||||
Price(s) | Volume(s) | ||||
190p | 5,500 | ||||
d)
| Aggregated information | ||||
- Aggregated volume | N/A - single transaction | ||||
- Price | |||||
e)
| Date of the transaction
| 5 April 2018 | |||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| Outside a trading venue | |||
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
| Subscription | |||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) | ||||
Price(s) | Volume(s) | ||||
190p | 5,500 | ||||
d)
| Aggregated information | ||||
- Aggregated volume | N/A - single transaction | ||||
- Price | |||||
e)
| Date of the transaction
| 5 April 2018 | |||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| Outside a trading venue | |||
1
| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
| ||||
a)
| Name
| Alan Raymond | |||
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
| Subscription | |||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) | ||||
Price(s) | Volume(s) | ||||
190p | 5,500 | ||||
d)
| Aggregated information | ||||
- Aggregated volume | N/A - single transaction | ||||
- Price | |||||
e)
| Date of the transaction
| 5 April 2018 | |||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| Outside a trading venue | |||