Diaceutics PLC -
Issue of Share Options/PDMR
Shareholdings
("Diaceutics" or the
"Company")
Belfast and
London, 25 October 2024 - Diaceutics PLC (AIM:
DXRX), a leading technology and solutions provider to the pharma
and biotech industry, announces
the issue of 773,777 share options over ordinary shares of
£0.002 each in the Company ("Share Options") to certain directors
and a member of the Company's senior management team, pursuant to
the Company's Employee Share Option Plan ("ESOP").
The Share Options were granted as
follows:
Ryan Keeling
(CEO) & Nick Roberts (CFO)
557,953 Share Options were granted to Ryan
Keeling and 139,488 Share Options to Nick Roberts on 24 October
2024. These Share Options are granted over the balance of ordinary
shares held in the Company's Employee Benefit Trust ("EBT") which
have not been utilised to satisfy other employee share
options at the time of exercise and are therefore
non-dilutive to shareholders. The shares held by the EBT were
originally gifted by Peter Keeling (Non-Executive Chairman and a
co-founder) to the EBT pre-IPO with intention that the shares be
used to incentivise directors and employees of the
Company.
The Share Options will vest in full upon the
satisfaction of certain shareholder value performance criteria over
the performance period, being five years from the date of grant.
The performance criteria are based upon growth in Total Shareholder
Return ("TSR") during the
performance period, the successful sole or joint listing of
the Company on an alternative public stock exchange and other
customary corporate events. The exercise price of the Share Options
is £0.002 per share which equates to the nominal value of the
ordinary shares.
The Share Options are granted over the balance
of ordinary shares outstanding in the EBT at the point of exercise
and may change depending on the number of outstanding ordinary
shares in the EBT at that time.
Subsequent to the grant of the above Share
Options, Ryan Keeling has 1,139,900 shares under option which
represents 1.35% of the existing issued share capital of the
Company and Nick Roberts has 467,110 shares under option which
represents 0.55% of the existing issued share capital of the
Company.
Sandra Blake,
Chief People Officer (CPO)
76,336 Share Options were granted to Sandra
Blake, a Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ('PDMR'),
on 22 October 2024. The Share Options vest on a sliding scale up to
100%, during the performance period from the date of grant to 27
July 2027, subject to the satisfaction of certain performance
criteria. The performance criteria are based upon the growth during
the performance period in TSR, the revenue Compound Annual Growth
Rate ("CAGR") and recurring
revenue. The exercise price of the Share Options is £0.002 per
share which equates to the nominal value of the ordinary shares.
Subsequent to the grant, Sandra Blake has 76,336 shares under
option which represents 0.09% of the existing issued share capital
of the Company.
These awards are made in accordance with the
Company's long term incentive plan as detailed in the Company's
Annual Report.
Following this grant, the total number of share
options outstanding in the Company is 5,168,180 representing
approximately 6.10% of its current issued share capital of
84,726,935.
Enquiries:
Diaceutics
PLC
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Ryan Keeling, Chief Executive Officer
Nick Roberts, Chief Financial Officer
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Tel: +44 (0)28 9040 6500
investorrelations@diaceutics.com
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Canaccord Genuity
Limited (Nomad & Broker)
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Tel: +44 (0)20 7523 8000
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Simon Bridges, Andrew Potts, Harry Rees
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Alma Strategic
Communications
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Tel: +44(0)20 3405 0205
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Caroline Forde, Kinvara Verdon
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diaceutics@almastrategic.com
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About Diaceutics
At Diaceutics we believe that every
patient should get the opportunity to receive the right test and
the right therapy to positively impact their disease outcome. We
provide the world's leading pharma and biotech companies with an
end-to-end commercialisation solution for precision medicines
through data analytics, scientific and advisory services enabled by
our platform DXRX - The Diagnostics Network ®.
The following additional information is
disclosed in accordance with article 19(3) of the Market Abuse
Regulation.
Notification
of a Transaction pursuant to Article 19(1) of Regulation (EU) No.
596/2014
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1
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Details of the
person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely
associated
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a.
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Name
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Ryan Keeling
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2
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Reason for
notification
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a.
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Position/Status
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Chief Executive Officer of Diaceutics
plc
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b.
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Initial notification/
Amendment
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Initial
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3
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Details of the
issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform,
auctioneer or auction monitor
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a.
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Name
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Diaceutics plc
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b.
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LEI
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213800VEWQBB39ZB8J81
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4
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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.
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Description of the financial instrument, type
of instrument
Identification Code
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Ordinary shares of 0.2 p
each
ISIN: GB00BJQTGV64
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b.
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Nature of the transaction
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Grant of share options
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c.
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Price(s) and volume(s)
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Price(s)
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Volume(s)
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Exercise price of 0.2p per share
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557,953
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e.
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Date of the transaction
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24 October 2024
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f.
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Place of the transaction
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Outside a trading venue
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Notification
of a Transaction pursuant to Article 19(1) of Regulation (EU) No.
596/2014
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1
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Details of the
person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely
associated
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a.
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Name
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Nick Roberts
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2
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Reason for
notification
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a.
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Position/Status
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Chief Financial Officer of Diaceutics
plc
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b.
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Initial notification/
Amendment
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Initial
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3
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Details of the
issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform,
auctioneer or auction monitor
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a.
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Name
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Diaceutics plc
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b.
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LEI
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213800VEWQBB39ZB8J81
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4
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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.
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Description of the financial instrument, type
of instrument
Identification Code
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Ordinary shares of 0.2 p
each
ISIN: GB00BJQTGV64
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b.
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Nature of the transaction
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Grant of share options
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c.
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Price(s) and volume(s)
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Price(s)
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Volume(s)
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Exercise price of 0.2p per share
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139,488
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e.
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Date of the transaction
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24 October 2024
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f.
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Place of the transaction
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Outside a trading venue
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Notification
of a Transaction pursuant to Article 19(1) of Regulation (EU) No.
596/2014
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1
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Details of the
person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely
associated
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a.
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Name
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Sandra Blake
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2
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Reason for
notification
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a.
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Position/Status
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Chief People Officer of Diaceutics
plc
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b.
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Initial notification/
Amendment
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Initial
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3
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Details of the
issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform,
auctioneer or auction monitor
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a.
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Name
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Diaceutics plc
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b.
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LEI
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213800VEWQBB39ZB8J81
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4
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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.
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Description of the financial instrument, type
of instrument
Identification Code
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Ordinary shares of 0.2 p
each
ISIN: GB00BJQTGV64
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b.
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Nature of the transaction
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Grant of share options
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c.
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Price(s) and volume(s)
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Price(s)
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Volume(s)
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Exercise price of 0.2p per share
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76,336
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e.
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Date of the transaction
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22 October 2024
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f.
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Place of the transaction
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Outside a trading venue
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