Microgen PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (5234S)
22 December 2016 - 2:51AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 5234S
Microgen PLC
21 December 2016
21 December 2016
MICROGEN plc (the "Company")
Director/PDMR Shareholding / Total Voting Rights
Microgen plc (LSE: MCGN), a leading provider of business
critical software and services, provides notification that on 21
December 2016, following the exercise of options under the Microgen
Plc Performance Share Plan 2006 ("PSP"), 196,010 new ordinary
shares of 6 3/7 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") have
been issued. The issued Ordinary Shares were admitted to the
Official List of the UKLA and to trading on the main market of the
London Stock Exchange on 25 November 2016.
Of the total number referred to above, Tom Crawford (Chief
Executive Officer, Aptitude Software) exercised options over
180,000 Ordinary Shares on 21 December 2016 with an exercise price
per Ordinary Share of GBP0.05. The options had an expiry date of 18
November 2023.
Following the exercise of these options Tom Crawford's overall
shareholding in the Company has increased as set out below:
Number of Ordinary Shares Percentage of the issued Number of Ordinary Shares Percentage of the issued
held prior to transactions share capital of the held after transactions share capital of the
Company held prior to Company held after
transactions transactions
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129,551 0.219% 309,551 0.522%
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In accordance with DTR 5.6.1, the Company also announces that,
following the transactions referred to above, as at today's date,
its issued share capital comprises 59,297,030 Ordinary Shares. The
Company does not hold any Ordinary Shares in treasury. The voting
rights of all of the Ordinary Shares are identical. Shareholders
may use this figure as the denominator for the calculation by which
they will determine whether they are required to notify their
interest in, or a change to their interest in, Ordinary Shares in
Microgen under the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules of
the Financial Conduct Authority.
The notification below, made pursuant to Article 19 of
Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 on Market Abuse, provides further
information about these transactions.
1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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(a) Name Tom Crawford
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2 Reason for the notification
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(a) Position/Status PDMR - (Chief Executive Officer, Aptitude Software)
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(b) Initial notification / Amendment Initial notification
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3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer
or auction monitor
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(a) Name Microgen Plc
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(b) LEI 2138009VHA1WI2VKMA28
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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
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(a) Description of the financial instrument, type of Ordinary Shares of 6 3/7 pence each
instrument
Identification Code ISIN: GB00BVVHWX30
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(b) Nature of the transaction Exercise of options over Ordinary Shares
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(c) Price(s) and volume(s) Exercise Number of Ordinary
Price Shares over which
per Ordinary Options Exercised
Share
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GBP0.05 180,000
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(d) Aggregated Information n/a
- Aggregated Volume
- Price
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(e) Date of the Transaction 21 December 2016
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(f) Place of the Transaction Outside a trading venue
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Name of authorised official of issuer responsible for making Mark Heather, Company Secretary, Microgen Plc
notification:
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Contacts
Mark Heather, Company Secretary 020-7496-8100
This information is provided by RNS
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