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Exercise of Options and Director/PDMR Shareholding
Exercise of Options and Director/PDMR Shareholding.
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Anpario plc ("Anpario", "Group" or "the Company") Exercise of Options and Director/PDMR Shareholding Anpario (AIM: ANP), the independent manufacturer of natural sustainable animal feed additives for health, nutrition and biosecurity, announces that on 13 December 2024, 84,800 options, granted under the Company's EMI Share Scheme on 9 March 2015, were exercised over ordinary shares of 23 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") at an option price of 290 pence. The options were exercised by the following Directors: Director Number of options over Ordinary Shares Option Exercise Price Richard Edwards, Chief Executive Officer 42,400 290 pence Karen Prior, Corporate Responsibility Director 42,400 290 pence As such, 84,800 Ordinary Shares (the "EMI Shares") which rank pari passu with all existing Ordinary Shares have been issued by the Company and satisfied via the Company's existing block listing. Each participating Director remitted £122,960 to the Company pursuant to the exercise. Following the issue of the EMI Shares, the Company's total issued share capital is 20, 447,931 Ordinary Shares. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules. Anpario further announces that it was notified on 13 th December 2024 by Karen Prior, that following the exercise of options notified above: 1. On 13 th December 2024, Karen Prior transferred 14,000 Ordinary Shares to Antony Prior (husband of Karen Prior) at 290p per share. In order to effect a "Bed and ISA" trade, Antony then sold 14,000 Ordinary Shares for 380p per share and immediately repurchased 14,000 Ordinary Shares at a price of 380.10p per share. 2. On 13 th December 2024, in order to effect a "Bed and ISA" trade, Karen Prior sold 16,000 Ordinary Shares for 380p per share and then immediately repurchased 16,000 Ordinary Shares at a price of 380.10p per share. Following the above transactions, the ultimate beneficial ownership of Richard Edwards in Anpario is 245,796 Ordinary Shares representing 1.2% of the issued share capital and the ultimate beneficial ownership of Karen Prior and her husband in Anpario is 199,845 Ordinary Shares representing 1.0% of the issued share capital. Notification of Transactions of Directors/Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility and their Closely Associated Persons 1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated a) Name Richard Edwards 2 Reason for the notification a) Position/status CEO b) Initial notification/Amendment Initial notification 3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor a) Name Anpario plc b) LEI 213800BZHUIUCH3MCC06 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 Exercise of ordinary shares of 23 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") ISIN GB00B3NWT178 b) Nature of the transaction Exercise of options c) Price(s) and volume(s) Price(s) Volume(s) 290p 42,400 d) Aggregated information Price(s) Volume(s) 290p 42,400 e) Date of the transaction 13 December 2024 f) Place of the transaction Off market 1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated a) Name Karen Prior 2 Reason for the notification a) Position/status Corporate Responsibility Director b) Initial notification/Amendment Initial notification 3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor a) Name Anpario plc b) LEI 213800BZHUIUCH3MCC06 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 Exercise of ordinary shares of 23 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") ISIN GB00B3NWT178 b) Nature of the transaction Exercise of options c) Price(s) and volume(s) Price(s) Volume(s) 290p 42,400 d) Aggregated information Price(s) Volume(s) 290p 42,400 e) Date of the transaction 13 December 2024 f) Place of the transaction Off market 1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated a) Name Karen Prior 2 Reason for the notification a) Position/status Director of the Company b) Initial notification/Amendment Initial notification 3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor a) Name Anpario plc b) LEI 213800BZHUIUCH3MCC06 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 23 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") ISIN GB00B3NWT178 b) Nature of the transaction 1. T ransfer of Ordinary shares 2. Sale of Ordinary Shares 3. Purchase of Ordinary Shares c) Price(s) and volume(s) Price Volume 1. 290p 14,000 2 . 380p 16,000 3. 380.10p 16,000 d) Aggregated information n/a (each a single transaction) e) Date of the transaction 1. 13 December 2024 2. 13 December 2024 3. 13 December 2024 f) Place of the transaction 1. Outside a trading venue 2. London Stock Exchange (XLON), AIM 3. London Stock Exchange (XLON), AIM 1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated a) Name Antony Prior 2 Reason for the notification a) Position/status Spouse of Karen Prior, Director of the Company b) Initial notification/Amendment Initial notification 3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor a) Name Anpario plc b) LEI 213800BZHUIUCH3MCC06 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 23 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") ISIN GB00B3NWT178 b) Nature of the transaction 1. Receipt of Ordinary Shares 2. Sale of Ordinary Shares 3. Purchase of Ordinary Shares c) Price(s) and volume(s) Price Volume 1. 290p 14,000 2. 380p 14,000 3. 380.10p 14,000 d) Aggregated information n/a (each a single transaction) e) Date of the transaction 1. 13 December 2024 2. 13 December 2024 3. 13 December 2024 f) Place of the transaction 1. Outside a trading venue 2. London Stock Exchange (XLON), AIM 3. London Stock Exchange (XLON), AIM Enquiries: Anpario plc Richard Edwards, CEO +44(0) 777 6417 129 Marc Wilson, Group Finance Director +44(0) 1909 537380 Karen Prior, Corporate Responsibility Director and Company Secretary +44(0) 1909 537380 Shore Capital (Nominated Adviser and Broker) +44 (0) 20 7408 4090 Stephane Auton Corporate Advisory David Coaten Tom Knibbs Henry Willcocks Corporate Broking