25 Jun 2019 07:00
Horizon Discovery Group plc
Director/PDMR Shareholding
Cambridge, UK, 25 June 2019: Horizon Discovery Group plc (LSE: HZD) ("Horizon" or "the Company"), a global leader in the application of gene editing and gene modulation technologies, announces that, on 24 June 2019, Mr Terry Pizzie and Mr Jayesh Pankhania, both Executive Directors of the Company, purchased ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares").
Details of these purchases of Ordinary Shares, and each Director's resulting beneficial interest in the Company's issued share capital, are shown below:
Name of Director | Number of Ordinary Shares purchased | Average purchase price per Ordinary Share (pence) | Resulting number of Ordinary Shares held | Resulting number of Ordinary Shares held as a percentage of the Company's issued share capital |
Mr Terry Pizzie | 7,285 | 150.3p | 22,285 | 0.015% |
Mr Jayesh Pankhania* | 33,112 | 151.0p | 46,645 | 0.031% |
*Purchased for Self-Invested Personal Pension fund
The notification below, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, provides further detail.
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 | Terry Pizzie | |
2 | Reason for the notification | ||
a) | Position/status | Chief Executive Officer - 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 | Horizon Discovery Group plc | |
b) | Legal Entity Identifier | 213800L812B9NI5M3G89 | |
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 Identification code | Ordinary shares of 1.0 pence each
GB00BK8FL363 | |
b) | Nature of the transaction | Purchase of shares | |
c) | Currency | GBP | |
d) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Average Price | No. of shares |
150.3p | 7,285 | ||
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e) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price - Aggregated total |
7,285 150.3p £10,949.36 | |
f) | Date of the transaction | 24 June 2019 | |
g) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, AIM | |
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | ||
a) | Name | Jayesh Pankhania, for his Self-Invested Personal Pension fund | |
2 | Reason for the notification | ||
a) | Position/status | Chief Financial Officer - 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 | Horizon Discovery Group plc | |
b) | Legal Entity Identifier | 213800L812B9NI5M3G89 | |
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 Identification code | Ordinary shares of 1.0 pence each GB00BK8FL363 | |
b) | Nature of the transaction | Purchase of shares | |
c) | Currency | GBP | |
d) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Average Price | No. of shares |
151.0p | 33,112 | ||
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e) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price - Aggregated total |
33,112 151.0p £49,999.12 | |
f) | Date of the transaction | 24 June 2019 | |
g) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, AIM | |
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For further information from Horizon Discovery Group plc, please contact:
Horizon Discovery Group plc
Terry Pizzie, Chief Executive Officer
Jayesh Pankhania, Chief Financial Officer
Jon Davies, Head of Investor Relations
Tel: +44 (0) 1223 655 580
Numis Securities Limited (Broker and NOMAD)
James Black / Freddie Barnfield / Duncan Monteith
Tel: +44 (0) 207 260 1000
Consilium Strategic Communications (Financial Media and Investor Relations)
Mary-Jane Elliott / Matthew Neal / Melissa Gardiner
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3709 5700
Email: horizon@consilium-comms.com