Gattaca PLC Director / PDMR Shareholding - SIP Purchase (8509E)

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RNS Number : 8509E

Gattaca PLC

11 May 2017

11 May 2017

Gattaca plc (the 'Company')

Director / PDMR Shareholding - SIP Purchase

The Company was notified on 9 May 2017 that the following transactions took place in the relation to the Company's Share Incentive Plan ('SIP') on 8 May 2017.

The SIP is an all-employee trust arrangement under which the SIP Trustees acquires ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the Company ('Shares') using the participating employee's gross salary ('Partnership Shares') and receive allocations of matching free Shares ('Matching Shares').

The SIP Trustees purchased 566 Shares at a price of 318 pence per Share on 8 May 2017 on behalf of Keith Lewis, Chief Operating Officer. As a result, Mr Lewis's total interest in the Company increases to 387,113 Shares, being 1.24% of the Company's issued share capital.

At the same time Mr Lewis was allocated 566 Matching Shares, which will vest on the third anniversary of the date of the award subject to continued employment for those three years.

The below notifications, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, gives further details of the transaction on 8 May 2017.

For further information please contact:

 
 Gattaca plc                     [phone] 
 Brian Wilkinson, Chief 
  Executive Officer 
  Tony Dyer, Chief Financial 
  Officer 
 Citigate Dewe Rogerson         [phone] 
 Rob Newman / Nick Hayns 
 Numis Securities Limited       [phone] 
 Michael Meade / Tom Ballard 
 
 
 1.   Details of the person discharging managerial 
       responsibilities/person closely associated 
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 a)   Name: Keith Lewis 
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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/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: Gattaca plc 
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 b)   LEI: 213800LM81ZQ9V9G6866 
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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 instrument: Ordinary shares of 1p each. 
       Identification code: GB00B1FMDQ43 
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 b)   Nature of the transaction: Purchase of 'Partnership 
       Shares' and allocation (at nil cost) of 'Matching 
       Shares' (subject to conditions) under the 
       Company's SIP, held through the SIP Trustee. 
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 c)   Price(s) and volume(s): Price(s)    Volume(s) 
       ----------  ---------- 
        GBP3.18     566 
       ----------  ---------- 
        Nil         566 
       ----------  ---------- 
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 d)   Aggregated information: Not applicable 
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 e)   Date of the transaction: 2017/05/08 
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 f)   Place of the transaction: XLON 
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