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Syncona Limited

11 July 2019

Syncona Limited

Issue of shares pursuant to Long Term Incentive Plan and PDMR dealings

11 July 2019

Syncona Limited (the "Company") today announces that a total of 1,583,138 new ordinary shares will be issued in satisfaction of realisations under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan. The new ordinary shares, when issued, will rank pari passu with the existing issued ordinary shares of the Company. In accordance with the rules of the Long Term Incentive Plan, the number of ordinary shares to be issued has been calculated using the closing mid-market price on 10 July 2019, GBP2.17.

In accordance with the rules of the Long Term Incentive Plan, ordinary shares delivered on realisation may not be sold or transferred by the recipient for a period of one year following the realisation date.

The issue of shares include the following shares to be issued to senior members of the Syncona Investment Management Limited (SIML) leadership team:

 
 Name               SIML Title                  No. of shares to be 
                                                 issued 
 Martin Murphy      Chief Executive Officer     508,879 
                   --------------------------  -------------------- 
 Chris Hollowood    Chief Investment Officer    286,996 
                   --------------------------  -------------------- 
 John Bradshaw      Chief Financial Officer     101,143 
                   --------------------------  -------------------- 
 

Application has been made to the Financial Conduct Authority for the shares to be admitted to the Official List, and to the London Stock Exchange for the shares to be admitted to trading and it is expected that dealings will commence in the new ordinary shares on 17 July 2019.

Notification of transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs") are set out below.

[ENDS]

Enquiries

Syncona Ltd

Siobhan Weaver / Annabel Clay

Tel : +44 (0) 20 3981 7940

FTI Consulting

Brett Pollard / Natalie Garland-Collins

Tel: +44 (0) 20 3727 1000

Copies of this press release and other corporate information can be found on the company website at: www.synconaltd.com

About Syncona

Syncona is a leading FTSE250 healthcare company focused on founding, building and funding global leaders in life science. Our vision is to deliver transformational treatments to patients in truly innovative areas of healthcare while generating superior returns for shareholders.

We seek to partner with the best, brightest and most ambitious minds in science to build globally competitive businesses.

We take a long-term view, underpinned by a deep pool of capital, and are established leaders in gene and cell therapy. We focus on delivering dramatic efficacy for patients in areas of high unmet need.

 
 1.   Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them 
       ("PCA") 
 a)   Name                   Martin Murphy 
     ---------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 b)   Position /             Chief Executive Officer, SIML 
       status 
     ---------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 c)   Initial notification   Initial Notification 
       / amendment 
     ---------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 2.   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            Ordinary shares 
       of the financial       GG00B8P59C08 
       instrument 
     ---------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 b)   Nature of              Issue of shares pursuant to the Syncona 
       the transaction        Long Term Incentive Plan 
     ---------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 c)   Price(s) and            Price(s)   Volume(s) 
       volume(s)               2.17       508,879 
     ---------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 d)   Aggregated 
       information 
       Aggregated              N/A 
       volume 
       Price 
     ---------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 e)   Date of the            11 July 2019 
       transaction 
     ---------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 f)   Place of the           Outside a trading venue 
       transaction 
     ---------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 g)   Currency               GBP - British Pound 
     ---------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 
 
 1.   Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them 
       ("PCA") 
 a)   Name                   Chris Hollowood 
     ---------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 b)   Position /             Chief Investment Officer, SIML 
       status 
     ---------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 c)   Initial notification   Initial Notification 
       / amendment 
     ---------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 2.   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            Ordinary shares 
       of the financial       GG00B8P59C08 
       instrument 
     ---------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 b)   Nature of              Issue of shares pursuant to the Syncona 
       the transaction        Long Term Incentive Plan 
     ---------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 c)   Price(s) and            Price(s)   Volume(s) 
       volume(s)               2.17       286,996 
     ---------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 d)   Aggregated 
       information 
       Aggregated              N/A 
       volume 
       Price 
     ---------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 e)   Date of the            11 July 2019 
       transaction 
     ---------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 f)   Place of the           Outside a trading venue 
       transaction 
     ---------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 g)   Currency               GBP - British Pound 
     ---------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 
 
 1.   Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them 
       ("PCA") 
 a)   Name                   John Bradshaw 
     ---------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 b)   Position /             Chief Financial Officer, SIML 
       status 
     ---------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 c)   Initial notification   Initial Notification 
       / amendment 
     ---------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 2.   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            Ordinary shares 
       of the financial       GG00B8P59C08 
       instrument 
     ---------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 b)   Nature of              Issue of shares pursuant to the Syncona 
       the transaction        Long Term Incentive Plan 
     ---------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 c)   Price(s) and            Price(s)   Volume(s) 
       volume(s)               2.17       101,143 
     ---------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 d)   Aggregated 
       information 
       Aggregated              N/A 
       volume 
       Price 
     ---------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 e)   Date of the            11 July 2019 
       transaction 
     ---------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 f)   Place of the           Outside a trading venue 
       transaction 
     ---------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 g)   Currency               GBP - British Pound 
     ---------------------  ---------------------------------------- 
 

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