Science Group PlcLSE: SAG

Treasury shares issued and Director Dealing

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Sagentia Group PLC
25 November 2013
 

25 November 2013

Sagentia Group plc

("Sagentia" or the "Company")

Treasury shares issued and Director Dealing

Sagentia Group plc (AIM:SAG) announces that on 22 November 2013, the Company issued 150,000 treasury shares in settlement of the exercise of Incentive Scheme share options by Neil Elton, the Company's Finance Director. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) following this announcement is 38,538,230. Sagentia holds 3,503,805 shares in treasury.

The exercise price paid was £0.51 per share.

Following this announcement the Directors of Sagentia Group plc have interests in the ordinary shares of the Company as follows:

Number of shares owned

% holding

Number of shares under option

Shareholding prior to announcement

% holding prior to announcement

Martyn Ratcliffe

12,512,906

32.49%

2,500,000

12,512,906

32.60%

David Courtley

375,000

0.97%

-

375,000

0.98%

Neil Elton

171,914

0.45%

100,000

171,914

0.45%

Save for the above, the Directors' beneficial interests in the share capital of the Company remain unchanged and as previously announced.

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For further information:

Sagentia Group plc

Tel: +44 (0) 1223 875 200

Neil Elton, Finance Director

www.sagentia.com

Numis Securities Limited

Nominated Adviser: Oliver Cardigan / Simon Willis

Corporate Broking: James Serjeant

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7260 1000

Media enquiries:

Abchurch

Henry Harrison-Topham / Jamie Hooper

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7398 7719

jamie.hooper@abchurch-group.com

www.abchurch-group.com


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