ANIMALCARE GROUP PLC
("Animalcare" or the
"Company")
Option
Exercise, PDMR Dealing, Admission and Total Voting
Rights
16
May 2024. Animalcare Group plc (AIM:
ANCR), the international animal health business, announces
that on 15 May 2024, options over a total of 221,857 ordinary
shares of 20p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") held under
the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) were
exercised by Jennifer Winter, Chief Executive Officer, and Chris
Brewster, Chief Financial Officer, both PDMRs.
Application has been
made to the London Stock Exchange for the
admission of 221,857 Ordinary Shares ("New Ordinary Shares") to
trading on AIM ("Admission") and it is expected that Admission of
the New Ordinary Shares will become effective and trading will
commence at 8.00am on 22 May 2024.
Subsequent to the exercise of options, Jennifer
Winter sold 95,220 Ordinary Shares at a price of £2.25 per Ordinary
Share to cover the income tax and National Insurance liability
resulting from the exercise of the above-mentioned options and
Chris Brewster sold 65,245 Ordinary Shares at a price of £2.25 per
Ordinary Share.
Following the completion of the exercise and
sale, the aggregate shareholdings of Jennifer Winter and Chris
Brewster will be:
|
Name
|
Aggregate
shareholding (Ordinary Shares)
|
Percentage of
total voting rights
|
|
Jennifer Winter
|
68,392
|
0.11%
|
|
Chris Brewster
|
280,513
|
0.46%
|
The New Ordinary Shares, when issued, will be
fully paid and will rank pari-passu in all respects with
the existing ordinary shares, including the right to receive all
dividends and other distributions declared, made or paid after the
date of issue. The issue and allotment of the New Ordinary Shares
will be within the Company's existing authorities.
Total Voting
Rights
Subsequent to Admission, there will be
60,374,268 Ordinary Shares in issue
with voting rights. No shares are held in treasury.
This figure may be used by
shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they
will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or
a change to their interest in, the share capital of the Company
under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
The notifications below, made in
accordance with the requirements of Article 19 of the UK Market
Abuse Regulation, provide additional detail.
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons
discharging managerial responsibilities (PDMR) and persons closely
associated with them (PCA)
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
/Amendment
|
Initial Notification
|
|
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 financial instrument, type of
instrument
|
Ordinary shares of 20p
per shares
|
|
b)
|
Identification code
|
GB0032350695
|
|
c)
|
Nature of the transaction(s)
|
Acquisition of share on exercise of options under the
Animalcare Group plc Long Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP")
|
|
d)
|
Price(s) and volume(s)
|
|
Price(s)
|
Volume(s)
|
|
Nil
|
156,612
|
|
|
e)
|
Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
|
N/A
|
|
f)
|
Date of the transaction
|
15 May 2024
|
|
g)
|
Place of the transaction
|
Outside a trading venue
|
|
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 financial
instrument, type of instrument
|
Ordinary shares of 20p per share
|
|
b)
|
Identification code
|
GB0032350695
|
|
c)
|
Nature of the
transaction(s)
|
Disposal of ordinary shares of 20p per share to cover
tax and national insurance liabilities resulting from
abovementioned exercise of options
|
|
d)
|
Price(s) and volume(s)
|
|
Price(s)
|
Volume(s)
|
|
£2.25
|
95,220
|
|
|
e)
|
Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
|
N/A
|
|
f)
|
Date of the transaction
|
15 May 2024
|
|
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
/Amendment
|
Initial Notification
|
|
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 financial instrument, type of
instrument
|
Ordinary shares of 20p per share
|
|
b)
|
Identification code
|
GB0032350695
|
|
c)
|
Nature of the transaction(s)
|
Acquisition of share on exercise of options under the
Animalcare Group plc Long Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP") [and
disposal of ordinary shares]
|
|
d)
|
Price(s) and volume(s)
|
|
Price(s)
|
Volume(s)
|
|
Nil
|
65,245
|
|
|
e)
|
Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
|
N/A
|
|
f)
|
Date of the transaction
|
15 May 2024
|
|
g)
|
Place of the transaction
|
Outside a trading venue
|
|
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 financial
instrument, type of instrument
|
Ordinary shares of 20p per share
|
|
b)
|
Identification code
|
GB0032350695
|
|
c)
|
Nature of the
transaction(s)
|
Disposal of ordinary
shares
|
|
d)
|
Price(s) and volume(s)
|
|
Price(s)
|
Volume(s)
|
|
£2.25
|
65,245
|
|
|
e)
|
Aggregated information
- Aggregated
volume
- Price
|
N/A
|
|
f)
|
Date of the transaction
|
15 May 2024
|
|
g)
|
Place of the transaction
|
Outside a trading
venue
|
Enquiries:
|
Animalcare
Group plc
|
|
|
Chris Brewster, Chief Financial Officer and
Company Secretary
|
+44 (0)1904 487
687
communications@animalcaregroup.com
|
|
Stifel
Nicolaus Europe Limited
(Nominated Adviser & Joint
Broker)
|
+44 (0)20 7710 7600
|
|
Ben Maddison
Nick Adams
Nicholas Harland
Francis North
|
|
|
Panmure
Gordon
(Joint Broker)
|
+44 (0)20 7886 2500
|
|
Corporate
Finance
Freddy Crossley/Emma Earl
Corporate
Broking
Rupert Dearden
|
|
About
Animalcare
Animalcare Group plc is a UK
AIM-listed international development-focused veterinary sales and
marketing organisation. Animalcare operates in seven
countries 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.
For more information, please
visit www.animalcaregroup.com