25 September 2023
Gattaca plc
("Gattaca" or the "Company")
Exercise of Options and Director/PDMR Shareholding
Gattaca, the specialist staffing solutions business, announces the exercise of certain management incentive options ("Options"), including by Matthew Wragg, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and a further person discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMR").
Following the exercise of Options the Company has allotted 82,844 ordinary shares of one penny each (the "Ordinary Shares"). The newly allotted Ordinary Shares are covered by the Company's existing block listing facility.
Matthew Wragg has exercised 19,504 Options over Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Matchtech Group 2006 LTIP and 28,956 Options pursuant to the Gattaca plc 2016 LTIP. Grahame Carter, the Company's Chief Sales Officer and a PDMR, has exercised 34,126 Options over Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Gattaca plc 2016 LTIP. A further employee of the Company has exercised 258 Options over Ordinary Shares.
Following the Option exercise, Matthew Wragg and Grahame Carter subsequently sold a total of 38,469 Ordinary Shares in order to satisfy personal tax liabilities. The number of Options exercised and Ordinary Shares subsequently sold, at an average price of 1.193888 per Ordinary Share, by Matthew Wragg and Grahame Carter, together with their resultant total beneficial holdings of Ordinary Shares, is set out below.
| Individual/ PDMR role | LTIP Options exercised | Number of Ordinary Shares sold | Resultant shareholding |
| Matthew Wragg, Chief Executive Officer | 48,460 | 22,573 | 79,509 |
| Grahame Carter, Chief Sales Officer* | 34,126 | 15,896 | 93,880 |
*including persons closely associated with him
Further information is contained in the disclosure tables below.
For further information please contact:
| Gattaca plc | +44 (0) 1489 898989 |
| Matthew Wragg, Chief Executive Officer Oliver Whittaker, Chief Financial Officer
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| Liberum Capital Limited (Nomad and Broker) | +44 (0) 20 3100 2000 |
| Lauren Kettle Richard Lindley | |
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| IFC Advisory | +44 (0) 203 934 6630 |
| Tim Metcalfe Graham Herring Florence Chandler | |
| NOTIFICATION AND PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF TRANSACTIONS BY PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND PERSONS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THEM:
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| 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 notification | ||||
| 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 Identification code | Ordinary Shares of 1p each
GB00B1FMDQ43 | ||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Sale of Ordinary Shares | ||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
22,573 £26,949.63 | ||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 22 September 2023 | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange | ||||
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
| a) | Name | Grahame Carter | ||||
| 2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
| a) | Position/status | Chief Sales Officer and a PDMR | ||||
| b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification | ||||
| 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 Identification code | Ordinary shares of 1p each
GB00B1FMDQ43 | ||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Exercise of Share Options | ||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
34,126 £341.26 | ||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 22 September 2023 | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | Off-market transaction | ||||
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
| a) | Name | Grahame Carter | ||||
| 2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
| a) | Position/status | Chief Sales Officer and a PDMR | ||||
| b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification | ||||
| 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 Identification code | Ordinary Shares of 1p each
GB00B1FMDQ43 | ||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Sale of Ordinary Shares | ||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
15,896 £18,978.04 | ||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 22 September 2023 | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange | ||||
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