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Director/PDMR Shareholding, Exercise of Options and Total Voting Rights

31 March 2021

Omega Diagnostics (AIM: ODX), the medical diagnostics company focused on CD4, infectious diseases and food intolerance testing, announces that it has agreed to allot in total 300,000 new ordinary shares of

4 pence each in the capital of the Company (“Ordinary Shares”). This is following the exercise of share options under the Company’s Third Unapproved Scheme by William Rhodes, Non-Executive Director of the Company, at a price of 15.25 pence per Ordinary Share. 

Following this exercise, Mr. Rhodes has today sold all 300,000 Ordinary Shares at a price of 79.3086 pence per Ordinary Share. Following the above transactions Mr. Rhodes holds no Ordinary Shares but holds options over a further 1,080,406 Ordinary Shares.  

Application will be made to the London Stock Exchange for the 300,000 new Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM ("Admission") and it is expected that Admission will become effective and trading will commence at 8.00 a.m. on 9 April 2021.

Following Admission, the total number of Ordinary Shares in issue will be 182,569,796 and the total number of voting rights will therefore be 182,569,796. 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 share capital of the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

 

The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014.The below notification is made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation.

 

Contacts:  

Omega Diagnostics Group PLCTel: 01259 763 030
Bill Rhodes, Interim Non-Executive Chairman  
Colin King, Chief Executive
www.omegadiagnostics.com
Kieron Harbinson, Group Finance Director  
  
finnCap LtdTel: 020 7220 0500
Geoff Nash/Edward Whiley (Corporate Finance)  
Alice Lane (ECM)  
  
Walbrook PR Limited Tel: 020 7933 8780 or [email protected]
Paul McManus Mob: 07980 541 893
Lianne Cawthorne Mob: 07584 391 303

 

Notification of a Transaction pursuant to Article 19(1) of Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014
1  Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a. Name William Rhodes
2  Reason for notification
a. Position/Status Non-Executive Director
b. Initial notification/
Amendment
Initial Notification
3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a. Name Omega Diagnostics Group Plc
b. LEI 2138007U9P4BTZTYIR92
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 4 pence each
  
ISIN: GB00B1VCP282
b. Nature of the transaction Acquisition of Ordinary Shares following the Exercise of Share Options and Sale of Ordinary Shares
c. Price(s) and volume(s)  
    
 
  
Price(s) Volume(s)   
Purchase
Sale
    
 
  
15.25p300,000 
    
 
  
79.3086p 300,000 
d. Aggregated information
Aggregated Purchase
Volume
Aggregated Purchase Price
Aggregated Sale Volume
Aggregated Sale Price
As Above  
e. Date of the transaction 31 Marchy 2021   
f. Place of the transaction London Stock Exchange   

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