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Animalcare Group PLC

08 November 2021

Animalcare Group plc

(The "Company" or the "Group")

Grant of options

8 November 2021. Animalcare Group plc (AIM: ANCR), the international animal health business, announces that, on 5 November 2021, nil-cost options over a total of 264,981 ordinary shares with a nominal value of 20p per share ("the Options") were awarded to

the Executive Directors and PDMRs of the Company and to members of the Senior Executive

Team pursuant to the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan.

The awards will normally vest on 31 December 2024 following the assessment of performance criteria based on Earnings Per Share (EPS) growth per annum and Total Shareholder Return (TSR) over a three-year financial period ending 31 December 2024 and are as follows:

 
 Earnings Per Share growth per   Extent to which EPS tranche will 
  annum                           vest 
 Less than 3%                    0% 
                                ----------------------------------- 
 3%                              25% 
                                ----------------------------------- 
 10%                             100% 
                                ----------------------------------- 
 Between 3% and 10%              Between 25% and 100% on a straight 
                                  line basis 
                                ----------------------------------- 
 
 
 Rank of the Company's TSR compared    Extent to which the TSR tranche will 
  to the Comparator Group               vest 
 Upper quartile or above               100% 
                                      ------------------------------------- 
 Between median and upper quartile     Pro rata between 25% and 100% on 
                                        a ranking basis 
                                      ------------------------------------- 
 Median                                25% 
                                      ------------------------------------- 
 Below median                          0% 
                                      ------------------------------------- 
 

50% of the option award will be subject to the EPS performance condition and the remaining 50%

will be subject to the TSR performance condition. Accordingly, if one of the performance conditions

is met but the other is not, the Option award will only vest in part.

After the grant of the Options, the PDMRs set out below hold the following Options and ordinary shares:

 
 PDMR               Options Awarded   Total Options   Ordinary Shares 
 Jennifer Winter          106,844     450,175         0 
                   ----------------  --------------  ---------------- 
 Chris Brewster             43,806    187,290         280,513 
                   ----------------  --------------  ---------------- 
 

Options over a further 114,331 ordinary shares were granted to other members of the Senior Executive Team.

The notification in respect of the Option Awards set out in the Annex below was made subject to the requirements of Article 19 of the Market Abuse Regulation:

ANNEX

 
 
    1     Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities 
          / person closely associated 
 
   a)     Name                     Jennifer Winter, Chief Executive Officer 
       -----------------------  ---------------------------------------------- 
 
   2      Reason for the notification 
       ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
   a)     Position/status          See 1(a) above - Ms Winter is classified as 
                                   a PDMR of the Company 
       -----------------------  ---------------------------------------------- 
 
   b)     Initial notification     Initial Notification 
          /Amendment 
       -----------------------  ---------------------------------------------- 
 
   3      Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
          auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
       ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
   a)     Name                     Animalcare Group plc 
       -----------------------  ---------------------------------------------- 
 
   b)     LEI                       213800A7XPQ528RMCC72 
       -----------------------  ---------------------------------------------- 
 
   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               Options in respect of the Long Term Incentive 
          financial instrument,            Plan ("LTIP") over ordinary shares of 20p 
          type of instrument               each 
 
   b)     Identification code               GB0032350695 
       -------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------ 
                                         Award of options 
   c)     Nature of the transaction(s) 
       -------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------ 
 
   d)     Price(s) and volume(s)           Volume(s): 
 
                                           Nil cost options over 106,844 shares 
                                           Price: 
                                           GBPNil 
       -------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------ 
 
   e)      Aggregated information           N/A 
 
            *    Aggregated volume 
 
 
 
            *    Price 
       -------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------ 
 
   f)     Date of the transaction          5 November 2021 
       -------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------ 
 
   g)     Place of the transaction         Outside a trading venue 
       -------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------ 
 
 
 
   1     Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities 
         / person closely associated 
 
  a)     Name        Chris Brewster, Chief Financial Officer 
      ----------  ------------------------------------------------------ 
 
 
 
   2      Reason for the notification 
 
   a)     Position/status                  See 1(a) above - Mr Brewster is classified 
                                           as a PDMR of the Company 
       -------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------ 
 
   b)     Initial notification             Initial Notification 
          /Amendment 
       -------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------ 
 
   3      Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
          auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
       --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
   a)     Name                             Animalcare Group plc 
       -------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------ 
 
   b)     LEI                               213800A7XPQ528RMCC72 
       -------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------ 
 
   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               Options in respect of the Long Term Incentive 
          financial instrument,            Plan ("LTIP") over ordinary shares of 20p 
          type of instrument               each 
       -------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------ 
 
   b)     Identification code               GB0032350695 
       -------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------ 
                                         Award of options 
   c)     Nature of the transaction(s) 
       -------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------ 
 
 
 
   d)     Price(s) and volume(s)       Volume(s): 
 
                                       Nil cost options over 43,806 shares Price: 
                                       GBPNil 
 
   e)      Aggregated information       N/A 
 
            *    Aggregated volume 
 
 
 
            *    Price 
       ---------------------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 
   f)     Date of the transaction     5 November 2021 
       ---------------------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 
   g)     Place of the transaction     Outside a trading venue 
       ---------------------------  --------------------------------------------- 
 

For more information about Animalcare, please visit www.animalcaregroup.com or contact:

 
 Animalcare Group plc                +44 (0)1904 487 687 
  Jenny Winter, Chief Executive 
  Officer 
  Chris Brewster, Chief Financial     communications@animalcaregroup.com 
  Officer 
  Media relations 
 Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited 
  (Nominated Adviser & Joint 
  Broker) 
  Ben Maddison 
  Fred Walsh 
  Nick Adams                         +44 (0)20 7710 7600 
 Panmure Gordon 
  (Joint Broker) 
  Corporate Finance 
  Freddy Crossley/Emma Earl 
  Corporate Broking 
  Rupert Dearden                     +44 (0)20 7886 2500 
 

About Animalcare

Animalcare Group plc is a UK AIM-listed international veterinary sales and marketing organisation. Animalcare operates in seven countries - Spain, Portugal, Italy, UK, Germany, Belgium and Netherlands - and exports to approximately 40 countries in Europe and worldwide. The Group is focused on bringing new and innovative products to market through its own development pipeline, partnerships and via acquisition.

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