Director/PDMR Shareholding

20 Nov 2008 16:14



Avacta Group plc

Director's Shareholding

Avacta Group plc (the "Company") announces that it has received notification that Alastair Smith, a director of the Company, has today sold 3,061,464 ordinary shares of 0.1p each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares"), representing 0.37% of the issued share capital of the Company, to his SIPP at a price of 2.5 pence per share. Following this transaction, Alastair Smith remains beneficially interested in 49,617,468 Ordinary Shares, representing 6.02% of the issued share capital of the Company.

The Company also announces that it has received notification that Kurt Baldwin, a director of the Company, has today sold 1,589,658 ordinary shares of 0.1p each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares"), representing 0.19% of the issued share capital of the Company, to his SIPP at a price of 2.5 pence per share. Following this transaction, Kurt Baldwin remains beneficially interested in 48,824,258 Ordinary Shares, representing 5.93% of the issued share capital of the Company.

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