IP Group PLC Director/PDMR Shareholding (0835J)
March 31 2015 - 1:19PM
UK Regulatory
TIDMIPO
RNS Number : 0835J
IP Group PLC
31 March 2015
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 31 MARCH 2015
IP Group plc - Director / PDMR Shareholding and Issue of
Equity
IP Group plc (LSE: IPO) ("IP Group" or "the Company" or "the
Group"), the developer of intellectual property-based businesses,
announces that it has today issued 1,552,144 new ordinary shares of
2p each (the "Shares") following the vesting of conditional awards
of shares made under the Company's Long-Term Incentive Scheme (the
"Scheme") in 2012 (the "2012 Awards").
As a result, the Company today received notification from the
following Directors/Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities
in relation to the acquisition of Shares under the Scheme and
subsequent sale, at an aggregate price of 226 pence per share, as
set out in the table below.
Resultant beneficial
interest
-----------------------
Shares Shares
Director/PDMR Position vested sold Shares %
--------------- ------------------- -------- -------- -------------- -------
Chief Executive
Alan Aubrey Officer 302,695 234,384 2,436,848 0.45%
Chief Investment
Mike Townend Officer 230,625 178,578 1,063,070 0.20%
Chief Financial
Greg Smith Officer 142,768 110,549 322,138 0.06%
Angela Leach Company Secretary 109,821 109,821 215,823 0.04%
In addition, the Company has today received notification from
David Baynes, Chief Operating Officer, that he has sold 200,000
shares in the Company at an aggregate price of 226 pence per share.
Following the sale, Mr Baynes is beneficially interested in 226,066
shares in the Company representing 0.04%.
An application has been made to the Financial Conduct Authority
for admission of the Shares to the premium listing segment of the
Official List maintained by the UK Listing Authority and to the
London Stock Exchange. It is expected that admission will take
place on 7 April 2015.
Following this issue of shares, the Company has 537,965,429
ordinary shares in issue.
For more information, please contact:
IP Group plc www.ipgroupplc.com
Alan Aubrey, Chief Executive Officer +44 (0) 20 7444 0050
Greg Smith, Chief Financial Officer +44 (0) 20 7444 0050
Vicki Bradley, Communications +44 (0) 20 7444 0062
FTI Consulting
James Melville-Ross/Simon Conway/
Victoria Foster Mitchell +44 (0)20 3727 1000
Notes for editors
About IP Group
IP Group is a leading UK intellectual property commercialisation
company, developing technology innovations primarily from its
research intensive partner universities. The Group offers more than
traditional venture capital, providing its companies with access to
business building expertise, networks, recruitment and business
support.
IP Group's portfolio comprises holdings in around 90 early-stage
to mature businesses across the Healthcare, Biotech, Cleantech and
Technology sectors. These businesses include Oxford Nanopore
Technologies, the DNA sequencing development company, Revolymer,
best known for its removable chewing gum, and Xeros, which has
received many accolades for its revolutionary clothes washing
techniques with a much reduced requirement for water.
For more information, please visit our website at
www.ipgroupplc.com.
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