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Microgen PLC
11 August 2017
 

11 August 2017

Microgen Plc (the "Company")

Grant of awards under the Company's Performance Share Plan 2016 ("PSP")

On 10 August 2017 Microgen Plc granted awards in the form of options over ordinary shares ("Ordinary Shares") under the PSP to the following Directors. Each option has an exercise price per Ordinary Share equal to the nominal value of an Ordinary Share.

Director

Number of Ordinary Shares over which award granted

SIMON BAINES

43,208

TOM CRAWFORD

53,287

PHILIP WOOD

46,485

 

Each award has been granted subject to performance conditions based on stretching targets relating to growth in Earnings Per Share over a three year performance period starting with 2017 (as regards 50% of each award) and the Company's Total Shareholder Return over that performance period relative to the TSRs of the constituents of the FTSE SmallCap Index (excluding investment trusts) (as regards 50% of each award).  Each award is subject to a further performance condition that the extent of vesting reflects the overall financial performance of the Company over the performance period. 

Each award will, ordinarily, vest on the second anniversary of the date on which the Company's Remuneration Committee determines the extent to which the performance conditions have been satisfied.

 

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by PDMRs and persons closely associated with them

1.

Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ("PCA")

a)

Name

(i) Simon Baines

(ii) Tom Crawford

(iii) Philip Wood

2.

Reason for the notification

 

 

                

a)

Position / status

(i) Executive Director (CEO, Microgen Financial Systems)

(ii) Executive Director (CEO, Aptitude Software)

(iii) Executive Director (Chief Financial Officer)

 

b)

Initial notification / amendment

Initial notification

3.

Details of the issuer

a)

Name

Microgen Plc

 

b)

LEI

2138009VHA1WI2VKMA28

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 6 3/7 pence each

b)

Identification code

GB000BVVHWX30

c)

Nature of the transaction

Grant of awards over Ordinary Shares under the Company's Performance Share Plan 2016

d)

Price(s) and

volume(s)

Name

Price(s)

Volume(s)

Simon Baines

N/A

43,208

Tom Crawford

N/A

53,287

Philip Wood

N/A

46,485

e)

Aggregated information

-     Volume

-     Price

N/A

f)

Date of the transaction

10 August 2017

g)

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue

 

Name of contact:                        MARK HEATHER, COMPANY SECRETARY

Address of contact:                    OLD CHANGE HOUSE, 128 QUEEN VICTORIA STREET,
 LONDON, EC4V   4BJ

 

Telephone number of contact:     020 7496 8100

 

www.microgen.com

 


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