Director/PDMR Shareholding

6 Aug 2010 09:55

6 August 2010 Avacta Group plc ("Avacta" or "the Company") Director/PDMR Shareholding

The Company announces that yesterday Alastair Smith, Chief Executive Officer, transferred 2,803,245 ordinary shares of 0.1p each ("Ordinary Shares") to his Self Invested Pension Plan ("SIPP"). As a result of this transaction his beneficial holding remains unchanged at 51,728,296 Ordinary Shares, which represents approximately 3.61 % per cent. of the current issued share capital of the Company.

For further information, please contact:

Avacta Group plc Tel: 0844 414 0452 Alastair Smith, Chief Executive Officer www.avacta.com Tim Sykes, Chief Financial Officer Broker Tel: 020 7101 7070 XCAP Securities Limited www.xcapgroup.com John Grant/Karen Kelly/David Newton Tel: 020 7383 5100 Nominated Adviser www.grantthornton.co.uk Grant Thornton Corporate Finance Philip Secrett/Colin Aaronson Financial PR Tel: 020 7417 8989 Haggie Financial LLP Nicholas Nelson/ Henny Breakwell Henny.Breakwell@haggie.co.uk