ABCAM Plc Director/PDMR Shareholding (9971Q)

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RNS Number : 9971Q

ABCAM Plc

05 December 2016

For immediate release

5 December 2016

ABCAM PLC

("Abcam" or the "Company")

Director/PDMR Shareholding Notification

Cambridge, UK: Abcam plc (AIM: ABC), a global leader in the supply of life science research tools, was notified on 2 December that Jim Warwick, Executive Director of the Company, on 2 December 2016 exercised options over 30,000 ordinary shares ("Ordinary Shares") of 0.2 pence each in the Company at an exercise price of 0.2 pence per share, and subsequently sold the resulting Ordinary shares at GBP8.08375 per share.

As a result of the transaction described above, Jim Warwick's total interest in the Company remains at 2,881,381 Ordinary Shares.

The notification for Mr Warwick can be found below. This announcement is made in accordance with Article 19 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation 596/2014.

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For further information, please contact:

 
                                      + 44 (0) 1223 
Abcam                                  696 000 
Suzanne Smith, Company Secretary 
J.P.Morgan Cazenove - Nominated       + 44 (0) 20 7742 
 Advisor & Corporate Broker            4000 
James Mitford / Christopher Cargill 
                                      + 44 (0) 20 3727 
FTI Consulting                         1000 
Ben Atwell / Brett Pollard / 
 Natalie Garland-Collins 
 
 
 1     Details of the person discharging managerial 
        responsibilities/person closely associated 
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 a)    Name                         David James Warwick 
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 2     Reason for the notification 
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 a)    Position/status              Chief Operating Officer 
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 b)    Initial notification         Initial Notification 
        /Amendment 
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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                         Abcam plc 
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 b)    Legal Entity                 N/A 
        Identifier 
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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                  Ordinary shares of 0.2 pence 
        of the financial             each 
        instrument, 
        type of instrument 
 
        Identification               GB00B6774699 
        code 
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 b)    Nature of                    Exercise of share options at 
        the transaction              an exercise price of 0.2 pence 
                                     per share and sale of resulting 
                                     ordinary shares 
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 c)    Currency                     GBP 
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 d)    Price(s) and                      Price(s)          Volume(s) 
        volume(s) 
----  ---------------------------  -------------------  --------------- 
   GBP8.08375                                            30,000 
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 e)    Aggregated 
        information                   30,000 
        - Aggregated                  GBP8.08375 
        volume                        GBP242,512.50 
        - Price 
        - Aggregated 
        total 
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 f)    Date of the                  2 December 2016 
        transaction 
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 g)    Place of the                 London Stock Exchange 
        transaction 
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This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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