4 December 2018 15:00 GMT
TRANSACTION BY PERSON DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
AstraZeneca PLC (the Company) announces that, on 3 December 2018, Marc Dunoyer, a person discharging managerial responsibilities (PDMR) exercised an option to purchase 544 of the Company's ordinary shares of $0.25 each (Ordinary Shares) at a price of £33.07 per Ordinary Share, under the AstraZeneca PLC 2012 Savings Related Share Option Scheme (Sharesave).
Further details are set out in the attached notification, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation.
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| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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| Name
| Marc Dunoyer | ||||
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| Reason for the notification
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| Position/status
| Chief Financial Officer | ||||
| b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial notification | ||||
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| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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| a)
| Name
| AstraZeneca PLC | ||||
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| LEI
| PY6ZZQWO2IZFZC3IOL08 | ||||
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| 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 instrument
Identification code
| Ordinary Shares of US$0.25 each in AstraZeneca PLC
GB0009895292
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| b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Exercise of option to purchase shares under the AstraZeneca PLC 2012 Savings Related Share Option Scheme (Sharesave) | ||||
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| Price(s) and volume(s)
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| d)
| Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
| Not applicable - single transaction
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| e)
| Date of the transaction
| 3 December 2018 | ||||
| f)
| Place of the transaction
| Outside a trading venue | ||||
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