IP Group PLC — Director's Dealing 2022

Oct 27, 2022

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IP Group PLC

27 October 2022

FOR RELEASE ON	# 27 October 2022

IP Group plc - SAYE Option Exercise

IP Group plc (LSE: IPO) ("IP Group" or "the Group" or "the Company"), which develops world-changing science and technology businesses across life sciences, technology and cleantech, announces the following in connection with its employee share schemes. 

SAVE AS YOU EARN ("SAYE") SHARESAVE PLAN

Four of the Group's persons discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMRs") exercised SAYE options under the Group's 2019 SAYE plan to buy a total of 104,447 ordinary shares of two pence each ("Shares") at 51.7 pence per share. 

In addition, other Group employees have exercised SAYE options over a total of 147,409 Shares.

The exercise of these options will be satisfied through the transfer of 251,856 Shares which the Group currently holds in treasury on or around 1 November 2022.

Shares in issue

At the date of this announcement, the Company continues to have 1,063,188,005 Shares in issue and 28,607,622 Shares held in treasury.

The following notifications, made in accordance with the requirements of article 19.3 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, provide further details:

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

Angela Leach

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

PDMR          Group General Counsel & Company Secretary

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

Exercise of an option to acquire Ordinary Shares under the Group's 2019 SAYE.

c)

Currency

GBP

d)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Name(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
Angela Leach	£0.517	6,963

e)

Aggregated information

-Aggregated volume

- Price

- Aggregated total

6,963

£0.517

£3,599.88

f)

Date of the transaction

19 October 2022

g)

Place of the transaction

London

2

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated

a)

Name

Sam Williams

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

PDMR          Managing Partner, Life Sciences

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

Exercise of an option to acquire Ordinary Shares under the Group's 2019 SAYE.

c)

Currency

GBP

d)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Name(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
Sam Williams	£0.517	34,816

e)

Aggregated information

-Aggregated volume

- Price

- Aggregated total

34,816

£0.517

£17,999.88

f)

Date of the transaction

18th October 2022

g)

Place of the transaction

London

3

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated

a)

Name

Lisa Patel

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

PDMR          Partner, Life Sciences

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

Exercise of an option to acquire Ordinary Shares under the Group's 2019 SAYE.

c)

Currency

GBP

d)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Name(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
Lisa Patel	£0.517	27,852

e)

Aggregated information

-Aggregated volume

- Price

- Aggregated total

27,852

£0.517

£14,399.49

f)

Date of the transaction

18th October 2022

g)

Place of the transaction

London

4

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated

a)

Name

Douglas Moray Wright

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

PDMR          CEO, Parkwalk

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

Exercise of an option to acquire Ordinary Shares under the Group's 2019 SAYE.

c)

Currency

GBP

d)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Name(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
Douglas Moray Wright	£0.517	34,816

e)

Aggregated information

-Aggregated volume

- Price

- Aggregated total

34,816

£0.517

£17,999.88

f)

Date of the transaction

19th October 2022

g)

Place of the transaction

London

For more information, please contact:

IP Group plc	www.ipgroupplc.com
David Baynes, Chief Financial and Operating Officer Liz Vaughan-Adams, Communications	+44 (0) 20 7444 0050 +44 (0) 20 7444 0062/+44 (0) 7967 312125

Notes for editors

About IP Group

IP Group develops world-changing science and technology businesses across life sciences, technology and cleantech (through Kiko Ventures). The Group has a strong track record of success, having been the founder investor in a number of high-profile companies including Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc, and has one of the most exciting portfolios of high-growth businesses in Europe. The Group also owns Parkwalk, the UK's largest growth EIS fund manager which backs world-changing technologies emerging from the UK's leading universities and research institutions. IP Group 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.

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