7 Apr 2017 17:01
Grant of options under the Horizon Discovery Group plc Long Term Incentive Plan (the "LTIP")
Cambridge, UK, 7 April 2017: Horizon Discovery Group plc (LSE: HZD), the world leader in the application of gene editing technologies, announces that the following options were granted today over the Company's ordinary shares of 1 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") to Directors in line with the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan:
Director Number of Ordinary Shares over which options granted
Darrin Disley 70,040
Richard Vellacott 51,851
One third of the options will vest on each of the second, third and fourth anniversaries of the date of grant. The options have an exercise price of 1 pence per share. The options granted are equivalent to 0.1 percent of the Company's existing issued share capital.
For further information, please contact:
Consilium Strategic Communications (Financial Media and Investor Relations)
Mary-Jane Elliott / Susan Stuart / Matthew Neal / Melissa Gardiner
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3709 5701
Email: horizon@consilium-comms.com
Numis Securities Limited (Joint Broker and NOMAD)
Michael Meade / Freddie Barnfield
Tel: +44 (0) 207 260 1000
RBC Capital Markets (Joint Broker)
Paul Tomasic / Marcus Jackson
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7653 4000
About Horizon Discovery Group plc www.horizondiscovery.com/
Horizon Discovery Group plc (LSE: HZD) ("Horizon"), is a world-leading gene editing company that designs and engineers genetically-modified cells and then applies them in research and clinical applications that advance human health.
Horizon's core capabilities are built around its proprietary translational genomics platform, a highly precise and flexible suite of gene editing tools (rAAV, ZFN and CRISPR) able to alter almost any gene sequence in human or mammalian cell-lines.
Horizon offers over 23,000 catalogue products and related research services, almost all of which are based on the generation and application of cell and animal models that accurately recapitulate the disease-causing genetic anomalies found in diseases like cancer. Horizon's commercial offering has been adopted by c1,600 unique research organisations in over 50 countries as well as in the Company's own R&D pipeline to support: a greater understanding of the genetic drivers of disease and the development of molecular, cell and gene therapies that can be prescribed on a personalised basis.
Horizon is headquartered in Cambridge, UK, and is listed on the London Stock Exchange's AIM market under the ticker "HZD"
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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| Name
| Darrin Disley | ||||
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| Reason for the notification
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a)
| Position/status
| Chief Executive Officer | ||||
b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial Notification | ||||
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| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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a)
| Name
| Horizon Discovery Group plc | ||||
b)
| LEI
| 213800L812B9NI5M3G89 | ||||
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| 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
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a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code
| Ordinary shares of 1 pence each
GB00BK8FL363 | ||||
b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Grant of share options | ||||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s)
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d)
| Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
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n/a | ||||
e)
| Date of the transaction
| 07 April 2017 | ||||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| Outside a trading venue | ||||
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| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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a)
| Name
| Richard Vellacott | ||||
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| Reason for the notification
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a)
| Position/status
| Chief Financial Officer | ||||
b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial Notification | ||||
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| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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a)
| Name
| Horizon Discovery Group plc | ||||
b)
| LEI
| 213800L812B9NI5M3G89 | ||||
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| 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
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a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code
| Ordinary shares of 1 pence each
GB00BK8FL363 | ||||
b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Grant of share options | ||||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s)
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d)
| Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
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n/a | ||||
e)
| Date of the transaction
| 07 April 2017 | ||||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| Outside a trading venue | ||||