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Shield Therapeutics PLC

14 December 2020

Shield Therapeutics plc

("Shield" or the "Group" or the "Company")

Director/PDMR shareholding

London, UK, 14 December 2020: Shield Therapeutics plc (LSE: STX), a commercial stage, pharmaceutical company with a focus on addressing iron deficiency with its lead product Feraccru (R) /Accrufer(R) (ferric maltol), announces that Tim Watts, Chief Executive Officer, has acquired 100,000 Ordinary Shares in the Company on 11 December 2020 for consideration of GBP0.6975 per Ordinary Share. Following the transaction, Mr Watts holds 548,700 shares.

The notification below, which has been made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, provides further detail.

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                                                     Tim Watts 
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 2    Reason for the notification 
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 a)   Position/status                                          Chief Executive Officer 
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 b)   Initial notification/ Amendment                          Initial Notification 
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 3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer 
       or auction monitor 
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 a)   Name                                                     Shield Therapeutics plc 
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 b)   LEI                                                      213800G74QWY15FC3W71 
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 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 
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 a)   Description of the financial instrument, type of         Ordinary shares of 1.5p each in the capital of the 
      instrument                                               Company 
      Identification code                                      ISIN of Ordinary Shares: GB00BYV81293 
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 b)   Nature of the transaction                                Acquisition of Ordinary Shares 
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 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)                                   GBP0.6975 per Ordinary Share 
                                                                Volumes: 100,000 
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 d)   Aggregated information                                    100,000 
                                                                 GBP69,750.00 
        *    Aggregated volume 
 
 
 
        *    Price 
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 e)   Date of the transaction                                  11 December 2020 
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 f)   Place of the transaction                                 London Stock Exchange, AIM Market 
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For further information please contact:

 
 Shield Therapeutics plc                             www.shieldtherapeutics.com 
 Tim Watts, CEO                                             +44 (0)20 7186 8500 
 Karen Chandler Smith, Investor 
  Relations 
 
   Nominated Adviser and Joint 
   Broker 
 Peel Hunt LLP 
 James Steel/Dr Christopher 
  Golden                                                    +44 (0)20 7418 8900 
 
   Joint Broker 
   finnCap Ltd 
   Geoff Nash/Matt Radley/Alice 
   Lane                                                     +44 (0)20 7220 0500 
 
 
   Financial PR & IR Advisor 
 Walbrook PR                       +44 (0)20 7933 8780 or shield@walbrookpr.com 
                                          +44 (0)7980 541 893 / +44 (0)7584 391 
 Paul McManus/Lianne Cawthorne                                              303 
 

About Shield Therapeutics plc

Shield is a de-risked, specialty pharmaceutical company focused on commercialising its lead product, Feraccru(R)/Accrufer(R), a novel, stable, non-salt based oral therapy for adults with iron deficiency with or without anaemia. Feraccru(R)/Accrufer(R) has been approved for use in the United States, European Union, UK and Switzerland and has exclusive IP rights until the mid-2030s. Feraccru is commercialised in the UK and Europe by Norgine B.V. and the Company is currently in the process of selecting a commercialisation partner for the US market. Shield also has an exclusive licence agreement with Beijing Aosaikang Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., for the development and commercialisation of Feraccru(R)/Accrufer(R) in China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

For more information, please visit www.shieldtherapeutics.com . Follow Shield on Twitter @ShieldTx

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