REG - Gattaca PLC - Director/PDMR Shareholding
06/05/2022 12:00
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RNS Number : 6417K Gattaca PLC 06 May 2022
6 May 2022
Gattaca plc ("Gattaca" or the "Group")
Director/PDMR Shareholding
On 6 May 2022 (the "Grant Date"), the following conditional share awards over
ordinary shares (the "New Awards") in Gattaca were granted to certain of the
Company's PDMRs, including the Company's Executive Directors and members of
its Senior Leadership Team, under the Matchtech Group Plc 2016 Long Term
Incentive Plan (the "LTIP"):
Executive Directors Title Number of Shares Total number of Shares held ((2))
Matthew Wragg Chief Executive Officer 70,000 136,322
Oliver Whittaker Chief Financial Officer 60,000 99,190
Senior Leadership Team members ((1)) Title Number of Shares Total number of Shares held ((2))
Claire Cross Chief People Officer 15,000 47,195
John Dunaway Managing Director of Infrastructure and Energy 15,000 57,000
Paul King Chief Operating Officer 15,000 56,268
Mark Wilkie Head of Fulfilment 10,000 34,390
(1) Members of the newly created Senior Leadership Team have recently been
categorised as PDMRs of the Company
(2) Being the total conditional share awards held, including existing awards
and the New Awards
The LTIP award is a conditional grant of shares, which vest and become
exercisable at nil-cost on the third anniversary of the Grant Date, subject to
the individual's continued employment with the Group. Vesting of the LTIP
awards are subject to the achievement of earnings per share targets (the "EPS
Targets") over the year ended 31 July 2024 and total shareholder performance
(the "TSR Targets") over a three-year period; with 50% of the maximum award
vesting for threshold performance in the EPS target, and for the TSR target,
25% of the maximum vesting for threshold performance above the medium.
For Executive Directors, additional grant allocations will be issued on a 100%
TSR hurdle against the benchmark of AIM for a full three-year period. For
members of the Senior Leadership Team, with the exception of Claire Cross,
100% of the additional grant allocation is subject to the achievement of EPS
Targets. For Claire Cross, 90% of the award is subject to the achievement of
EPS Targets and 10% subject to the achievement of TSR targets. TSR targets
will be measured against the Company's average share price from 1 January 2022
to 31 March 2022.
For further information please contact:
Gattaca plc +44 (0) 1489 898989
Matthew Wragg, Chief Executive Officer
Oliver Whittaker, Chief Financial Officer
Liberum Capital Limited (Nomad and Broker) +44 (0) 20 3100 2000
Lauren Kettle
Robert Morton
Citigate Dewe Rogerson
Jos Bieneman +44 (0) 20 7638 9571
Lucy Eyles
1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely
associated
a) Name Matthew Wragg
2 Reason for the notification
a) Position/status Chief Executive Officer
b) Initial notification/Amendment Initial
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 Options over ordinary shares of 1 penny each
Identification code GB00B1FMDQ43
b) Nature of the transaction Grant of conditional share awards
c) Price(s) and volume(s)
Price(s) Volume(s)
Nil 70,000
d) Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume N/A
- Price N/A
e) Date of the transaction 06 May 2022
f) Place of the transaction Off-market transaction
1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely
associated
a) Name Oliver Whittaker
2 Reason for the notification
a) Position/status Chief Financial Officer
b) Initial notification/Amendment Initial
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 Options over ordinary shares of 1 penny each
Identification code GB00B1FMDQ43
b) Nature of the transaction Grant of conditional share awards
c) Price(s) and volume(s)
Price(s) Volume(s)
Nil 60,000
d) Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume N/A
- Price N/A
e) Date of the transaction 06 May 2022
f) Place of the transaction Off-market transaction
1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely
associated
a) Name Claire Cross
2 Reason for the notification
a) Position/status Chief People Officer
b) Initial notification/Amendment Initial
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 Options over ordinary shares of 1 penny each
Identification code GB00B1FMDQ43
b) Nature of the transaction Grant of conditional share awards
c) Price(s) and volume(s)
Price(s) Volume(s)
Nil 15,000
d) Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume N/A
- Price N/A
e) Date of the transaction 06 May 2022
f) Place of the transaction Off-market transaction
1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely
associated
a) Name John Dunaway
2 Reason for the notification
a) Position/status Managing Director of Infrastructure and Energy
b) Initial notification/Amendment Initial
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 Options over ordinary shares of 1 penny each
Identification code GB00B1FMDQ43
b) Nature of the transaction Grant of conditional share awards
c) Price(s) and volume(s)
Price(s) Volume(s)
Nil 15,000
d) Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume N/A
- Price N/A
e) Date of the transaction 06 May 2022
f) Place of the transaction Off-market transaction
1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely
associated
a) Name Paul King
2 Reason for the notification
a) Position/status Chief Operating Officer
b) Initial notification/Amendment Initial
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 Options over ordinary shares of 1 penny each
Identification code GB00B1FMDQ43
b) Nature of the transaction Grant of conditional share awards
c) Price(s) and volume(s)
Price(s) Volume(s)
Nil 15,000
d) Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume N/A
- Price N/A
e) Date of the transaction 06 May 2022
f) Place of the transaction Off-market transaction
1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely
associated
a) Name Mark Wilkie
2 Reason for the notification
a) Position/status Head of Fulfilment
b) Initial notification/Amendment Initial
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 Options over ordinary shares of 1 penny each
Identification code GB00B1FMDQ43
b) Nature of the transaction Grant of conditional share awards
c) Price(s) and volume(s)
Price(s) Volume(s)
Nil 10,000
d) Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume N/A
- Price N/A
e) Date of the transaction 06 May 2022
f) Place of the transaction Off-market transaction
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