Diurnal Group PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (7697R)

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RNS Number : 7697R

Diurnal Group PLC

18 June 2018

18 June 2018

Diurnal Group plc

("Diurnal" or the "Company")

Director Dealings

Diurnal Group plc (AIM: DNL), the specialty pharmaceutical company targeting patient needs in chronic endocrine (hormonal) diseases, announces the following Directors' share sale and re-purchase transaction, undertaken for tax planning purposes:

John Goddard, Non-executive Director, sold 5,500 Ordinary Shares at a price of 189.98 pence per Ordinary Share and immediately purchased 5,427 Ordinary Shares back in his ISA at a price of 192.52 pence per Ordinary share. Following the transaction John Goddard has a total interest of 43,201 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.07% of the total voting rights.

 
 For further information, please visit www.diurnal.co.uk or contact: 
 
                                                       [phone] 
 Diurnal Group plc                                      1000 
 Martin Whitaker, Chief Executive Officer 
 Richard Bungay, Chief Financial Officer 
 
 Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited (Nominated Adviser        [phone] 
  and Joint Broker)                                     2500 
 Corporate Finance: Freddy Crossley, Emma Earl 
 Corporate Broking: James Stearns 
 
                                                       [phone] 
 Cantor Fitzgerald Europe (Joint Broker)                7000 
 Corporate Finance: Phil Davies, Will Goode, 
  Michael Boot 
 Healthcare Equity Sales: Andrew Keith 
 
                                                       [phone] 
 FTI Consulting                                         1000 
 Simon Conway 
 Victoria Foster Mitchell 
 

Notes to Editors

About Diurnal Group plc

Founded in 2004, Diurnal is a UK-based specialty pharma company developing high quality products for the global market for the life-long treatment of chronic endocrine conditions, including Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia and Adrenal Insufficiency. Its expertise and innovative research activities focus on circadian-based endocrinology to yield novel product candidates in the rare and chronic endocrine disease arena.

For further information about Diurnal, please visit www.diurnal.co.uk

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

 
 1     Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities 
        / person closely associated 
 a)    Name                                    John Goddard 
      -------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------ 
 2     Reason for the notification 
      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Position/status                        Non-executive Director 
      -------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------ 
 b)    Initial notification                   Initial notification 
        /Amendment 
      -------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------ 
 3     Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
        auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Name                                   Diurnal Group plc 
      -------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------ 
 b)    LEI                                    213800I2HNUNZN1LDH29 
      -------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------ 
 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                     Ordinary shares of 5 pence each in Diurnal 
        financial instrument,                  Group plc 
        type of instrument 
 
       Identification code                    GB00BDB6Q760 
 
 b)    Nature of the transaction              Sale 
      -------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------ 
 c)    Price(s) and volume(s) 
                                              ----------------------  --------------------- 
                                               Price(s)                Volume(s) 
                                              ----------------------  --------------------- 
                                               189.98p                 5,500 
                                              ----------------------  --------------------- 
 
 d)    Aggregated information 
 
  - Aggregated volume                    5,500 
 
  - Price                                GBP10,448.90 
 
 e)    Date of the transaction                18 April 2018 
      -------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------ 
 f)    Place of the transaction               XLON 
      -------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------ 
 
 
 1     Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities 
        / person closely associated 
 a)    Name                                    John Goddard 
      -------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------ 
 2     Reason for the notification 
      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Position/status                        Non-executive Director 
      -------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------ 
 b)    Initial notification                   Initial notification 
        /Amendment 
      -------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------ 
 3     Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
        auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Name                                   Diurnal Group plc 
      -------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------ 
 b)    LEI                                    213800I2HNUNZN1LDH29 
      -------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------ 
 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                     Ordinary shares of 5 pence each in Diurnal 
        financial instrument,                  Group plc 
        type of instrument 
 
       Identification code                    GB00BDB6Q760 
 
 b)    Nature of the transaction              Purchase 
      -------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------ 
 c)    Price(s) and volume(s) 
                                              ----------------------  --------------------- 
                                               Price(s)                Volume(s) 
                                              ----------------------  --------------------- 
                                               192.52p                 5,427 
                                              ----------------------  --------------------- 
 
 d)    Aggregated information 
 
  - Aggregated volume                    5,427 
 
  - Price                                GBP10,448.06 
 
 e)    Date of the transaction                18 April 2018 
      -------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------ 
 f)    Place of the transaction               XLON 
      -------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------ 
 

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