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EKF Diagnostics HoldingsAnnouncement

26/03/2025 07:15

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RNS Number : 1402C  EKF Diagnostics Holdings PLC  26 March 2025

EKF Diagnostics Holdings plc

("EKF", the "Company" or the "Group")

 

PDMR/Director Dealings

 

EKF Diagnostics Holdings plc (AIM: EKF), the AIM-listed global diagnostics
business, announces that on Tuesday 25 March 2025, the following members of
the EKF Board purchased 550,000 ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the Company
("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 22.0 pence per Ordinary Share:

 

 

 Director             Title                    Number of Ordinary Shares purchased  Resulting holding in Ordinary Shares  Percentage of issued share capital
 Julian Baines        Executive Chair          50,000                               1,666,288                             0.37%
 Gavin Jones          Chief Executive Officer  50,000                               50,000                                0.01%
 Stephen Young        Chief Financial Officer  50,000                               135,000                               0.03%
 Christopher Mills¹   Non-Executive Director   150,000                              133,500,000                           29.42%
 Christian Rigg       Non-Executive Director   100,000                              100,000                               0.02%
 Jennifer Winter      Non-Executive Director   150,000                              150,000                               0.03%

 

¹Includes direct and indirect interests in the Company

 

 

 EKF Diagnostics Holdings plc                              www.ekfdiagnostics.com (http://www.ekfdiagnostics.com)
 Julian Baines, Executive Chair                             Tel: +44 (0)29 2071 0570

 Singer Capital Markets (Nominated Adviser & Broker)                                     Tel: +44 (0)20 7496 3000
 Phil Davies / Oliver Platts

 Walbrook PR Limited            Tel: +44 (0)20 7933 8780 or ekf@walbrookpr.com (mailto:ekf@walbrookpr.com)
 Paul McManus / Alice Woodings  Mob: +44 (0)7980 541 893 / +44 (0)7407 804 654

 

About EKF Life Sciences

 

EKF Life Sciences is a specialist global manufacturer of high-quality enzymes
and custom products for use in diagnostic, pharmaceutical, and industrial
applications.

 

EKF Life Sciences is at the forefront of supporting global demand in precision
fermentation, enzyme applications and research, providing innovative
biotechnology solutions to deliver advancements in healthcare and medicine.

 

Utilising its unique technical expertise, the EKF Life Sciences uses precision
microbial fermentation and advanced downstream processes to isolate and
deliver the highest quality enzymes and biomolecules that have been specially
engineered to customer specifications.

 

EKF Life Sciences has two state-of-the-art GMP manufacturing facilities,
located within close proximity, in Elkhart and South Bend Indiana, one the
US's major life sciences and industrial hotspots. It operates to the highest
regulatory standards under cGMP principles, FDA certification and ISO 13485
Quality Program. The facilities include bioreactors ranging from 5L to
14,500L, enabling it to offer an end-to-end service from
bench/proof-of-concept through to full scale commercial production, providing
its customers with desired yields, precision at scale and cost-efficiency.

 

EKF Lifesciences is also one of the market leaders for the supply of β-HB, a
reagent used to detect ketones for patients suffering from diabetic
ketoacidosis, as well as many other clinical applications.

 

About EKF Diagnostics Holdings plc (www.ekfdiagnostics.com
(http://www.ekfdiagnostics.com) )

 

EKF is an AIM-listed global diagnostics business focussed on:

 

·    Point-of-Care analysers in the key areas of Hematology and Diabetes,
as well as Central Laboratory products including clinical chemistry reagents,
analysers and centrifuges.

 

·      Life Sciences services provide specialist manufacture of enzymes
and custom products for use in diagnostic, food and industrial applications,
as well as other higher value Contract Manufacturing services.

EKF has headquarters in Penarth (near Cardiff) and operates five manufacturing
sites across the US and Germany, selling into over 120 countries world-wide.

 

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                                                         1.    Julian Baines

                                                                   2.    Gavin Jones

                                                                   3.    Stephen Young

                                                                   4.    Christopher Mills

                                                                   5.    Christian Rigg

                                                                   6.    Jennifer Winter
 2    Reason for the notification

 a)   Position/status                                              1.    Executive Chair

                                                                   2.    Chief Executive Officer

                                                                   3.    Chief Financial Officer

                                                                   4.    Non-Executive Director

                                                                   5.    Non-Executive Director

                                                                   6.    Non-Executive Director
 b)   Initial notification /Amendment                              Initial Notification

 3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction
      platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
 a)   Name                                                         EKF Diagnostics Holdings plc

 b)   LEI                                                          213800DXTF3EAUK1AR05

 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 1 pence each

      Identification code                                          GB0031509804

 b)   Nature of the transaction                                    Purchase of Ordinary Shares

 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)

                                                                                     Price(s)          Volume(s)
                                                                                     1.    22p         1.    50,000
                                                                                     2.    22p         2.    50,000
                                                                                     3.    22p         3.    50,000
                                                                                     4.    22p         4.    150,000
                                                                                     5.    22p         5.    100,000
                                                                                     6.    22p         6.    150,000

 d)   Aggregated information

      - Aggregated volume                                          n/a

      - Price

 e)   Date of the transaction                                       25 March 2025

 f)   Place of the transaction                                     London Stock Exchange, AIMX

 

 

 

 

 

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