Director/PDMR Shareholding
03 April 2019 10:00 BST
Transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities
Disclosure under Article 19 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation
AstraZeneca PLC (the Company) announces that, on 29 March 2019, awards of the Company's ordinary shares of $0.25 each (Ordinary Shares) vested to certain Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities of the Company (PDMRs) under the AstraZeneca Deferred Bonus Plan (AZDBP).
The AZDBP award was granted on 24 March 2016, following the deferral of a portion of each PDMR's annual bonus paid in respect of 2015 performance into Ordinary Shares, and vested on completion of the three-year holding period.
Following the withholding of shares to satisfy certain tax obligations arising on vesting, the PDMRs' beneficial interests in Ordinary Shares changed as detailed in the table below:
| PDMR | Ordinary Shares acquired under the AZDBP |
| Pascal Soriot | 15,755 |
| Marc Dunoyer | 4,838 |
For tax purposes, the fair market value of an Ordinary Share at vest was 6496 pence, being the closing price on the last trading day preceding the vesting.
Further details are set out in the attached notifications, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation.
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| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | ||
| a) | Name | Pascal Soriot | |
| 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 | AstraZeneca PLC | |
| b) | LEI | PY6ZZQWO2IZFZC3IOL08 | |
| 4i | 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 US$0.25 each in AstraZeneca PLC GB0009895292 | |
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Acquisition of ordinary shares pursuant to a vesting under the AstraZeneca Deferred Bonus Plan, for nil consideration. | |
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) | Volume(s) |
| 0 | 15,755 | ||
| d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | Not applicable - single transaction | |
| e) | Date of the transaction | 29 March 2019 | |
| f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | |
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | ||
| a) | Name | Marc Dunoyer | |
| 2 | Reason for the notification | ||
| a) | Position/status | Chief Financial Officer | |
| b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification | |
| 3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||
| a) | Name | AstraZeneca PLC | |
| b) | LEI | PY6ZZQWO2IZFZC3IOL08 | |
| 4i | 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 US$0.25 each in AstraZeneca PLC GB0009895292 | |
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Acquisition of ordinary shares pursuant to a vesting under the AstraZeneca Deferred Bonus Plan, for nil consideration. | |
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) | Volume(s) |
| 0 | 4,838 | ||
| d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | Not applicable - single transaction | |
| e) | Date of the transaction | 29 March 2019 | |
| f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | |
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