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29/08/2018 18:30

RNS Number : 1984Z
IP Group PLC
29 August 2018
 





FOR RELEASE ON


29 August 2018



 
IP Group plc -SAYE scheme
 
IP Group plc (LSE: IPO) ("IP Group" or "the Company" or "the Group"), the developer of intellectual property-based businesses, announces the following grant of options over the Company's Ordinary Shares of 2p each, under its Save As You Earn ("SAYE") Sharesave Plan, to a PDMR of the Company, as detailed below.
 



 Name


Plan duration


Number of options granted




PDMR




Mark Reilly


3 years


10,898



 
In addition to the above, options over a total of 75,373 Shares were granted to certain other employees of the Group under the Sharesave Plan.
All of the above SAYE options have been granted on 29 August 2018 at an exercise price of 99.10p per share, with the SAYE contracts commencing on 1 October 2018. The exercise price was set in accordance with HM Revenue & Customs rules for Sharesave plans.
Permitted exercise periods are for a period of six months from the end of the plan period, ordinarily 1 October 2021 for the 3-year plan.
The Company currently has 1,059,144,595 Ordinary Shares in issue. 
The following information is being disclosed pursuant to the requirements of MAR.
 
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


Mark Reilly




2


Reason for the notification




a)


 Position/status


PDMR          Managing Partner, Technology




b)


 Initial notification /Amendment


Initial Notification




3


Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor




a)


 Name


IP Group plc




b)


 Legal Entity Identifier


213800HG22UM138WFG43




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
Identification code


Ordinary Shares of 2p each in IP Group plc
ISIN: GB00B128J450




b)


 Nature of the transaction


Grant of Options under the IP Group plc SAYE




c)


 Currency


GBP




d)


 Price(s) and volume(s)





Name(s)


Price(s)


Volume(s)




Mark Reilly


99.10p


  10,898








e)


 Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
- Aggregated total


 
Aggregated Number of Options Granted Under the SAYE to Directors and PDMRs on 29 August 2018: 10,898

Price: 99.10p




f)


Date of the transaction


29 August 2018.




g)


 Place of the transaction


London Stock Exchange, Main Market



For more information, please contact:
 



IP Group plc


www.ipgroupplc.com




Angela Leach, Company Secretary

Liz Vaughan-Adams, Communications           


+44 (0) 20 7444 0050



+44 (0) 20 7444 0062/+44 (0) 7979 853802



 
Notes for editors
 
About IP Group
 
IP Group is a leading intellectual property commercialisation company which focuses on evolving great ideas, mainly from its partner universities, into world-changing businesses. The Group has pioneered a unique approach to developing these ideas and the resulting businesses by providing access to business building expertise, capital (through its 100%-owned FCA-authorised subsidiary IP Capital), networks, recruitment and business support. IP Group has a strong track record of success and its portfolio comprises holdings in approximately 100 early-stage to mature businesses across four main sectors -- Biotech, Cleantech, Healthcare and Technology. The Company is listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange under the code IPO.
 
For more information, please visit our website at www.ipgroupplc.com.
 
ENDS




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