Gattaca PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (3988Z)

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RNS Number : 3988Z

Gattaca PLC

14 December 2017

14 December 2017

Gattaca plc (the 'Company')

Director / PDMR Shareholding

The Company announces that on 12 December 2017:

Chief Executive Officer, Brian Wilkinson, having exercised nil-cost options to acquire 7,450 Ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the Company on 7 December 2017 vested under the Company's 2011 Value Creation Plan ("VCP"), as previously announced, sold 3,502 Ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the Company at a price of GBP 288.25 pence per share to cover the tax liability arising on the option exercise. Mr Wilkinson's total interest in the Company is now 180,199 shares being 0.56% of the Company's issued share capital;

Chief Operating Officer, Keith Lewis, having exercised nil-cost options to acquire 73,286 Ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the Company on 7 December 2017 vested under the Company's 2011 Value Creation Plan ("VCP"), as previously announced, sold 34,444 Ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the Company at a price of GBP 288.25 pence per share to cover the tax liability arising on the option exercise. Mr Lewis' total interest in the Company is now 430,725 shares being 1.34% of the Company's issued share capital;

The below notification, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, gives further details of the transaction on 12 December 2017.

For further information please contact:

 
 Gattaca plc                        [phone] 
 Brian Wilkinson, Chief 
  Executive Officer 
  Salar Farzad, Chief Financial 
  Officer 
 Citigate Dewe Rogerson            [phone] 
 Louise Mason-Rutherford 
  / 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: Brian Wilkinson 
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 2.   Reason for the notification 
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 a)   Position/status: Chief Executive 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 
---  ----------------------------------------------------- 
 b)   Nature of the transaction: sale of ordinary 
       shares of 1p each 
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 c)   Price(s) and volume(s): Price(s)      Volume(s) 
       ------------  ---------- 
        GBP 288.25    3,502 
       ------------  ---------- 
---  ----------------------------------------------------- 
 d)   Aggregated information: 
        *    Aggregated volume: 3,502 
 
 
        *    Price: GBP 288.25 
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 e)   Date of the transaction: 2017/12/12 
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 f)   Place of the transaction: XLON 
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 1.   Details of the person discharging managerial 
       responsibilities/person closely associated 
---  ----------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Name: Keith Lewis 
---  ----------------------------------------------------- 
 2.   Reason for the notification 
---  ----------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Position/status: Chief Operating Officer 
---  ----------------------------------------------------- 
 b)   Initial notification/Amendment: Initial Notification 
---  ----------------------------------------------------- 
 3.   Details of the issuer, emission allowance 
       market participant, auction platform, auctioneer 
       or auction monitor 
---  ----------------------------------------------------- 
 a)   Name: Gattaca plc 
---  ----------------------------------------------------- 
 b)   LEI: 213800LM81ZQ9V9G6866 
---  ----------------------------------------------------- 
 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 1p each. 
       Identification code: GB00B1FMDQ43 
---  ----------------------------------------------------- 
 b)   Nature of the transaction: Sale of ordinary 
       shares of 1p each 
---  ----------------------------------------------------- 
 c)   Price(s) and volume(s): Price(s)      Volume(s) 
       ------------  ---------- 
        GBP 288.25    34,444 
       ------------  ---------- 
---  ----------------------------------------------------- 
 d)   Aggregated information: 
        *    Aggregated volume: 34,444 
 
 
        *    Price: 288.25 
---  ----------------------------------------------------- 
 e)   Date of the transaction: 2017/12/12 
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 f)   Place of the transaction: XLON 
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