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RNS Number : 1446F

Diurnal Group PLC

14 July 2021

14 July 2021

Diurnal Group plc

("Diurnal" or the "Company")

Director Dealings

Diurnal Group plc (AIM: DNL), the specialty pharmaceutical company targeting patient needs in chronic endocrine (hormonal) diseases, announces the following Director's dealing:

Martin Whitaker, Chief Executive Officer, sold 80,612 Ordinary Shares at a price of 63 pence per Ordinary Share in order to fund a portion of his personal tax liability arising from the vesting of his deferred bonus award of 376,230 Ordinary Shares, as detailed in the RNS announcement dated 9 July 2021. Following the sale of shares the total beneficial interest of Martin Whitaker and his connected parties is 899,441 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.53% of the total voting rights.

Richard Bungay, Chief Financial Officer, sold 105,798 Ordinary Shares at a price of 63 pence per Ordinary Share in order to fund his personal tax liability arising from the vesting of his deferred bonus award of 225,738 Ordinary Shares, as detailed in the RNS announcement dated 9 July 2021. Following the sale of shares the total beneficial interest of Richard Bungay is 234,192 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.14% of the total voting rights.

Details of the full notifications received by the Company are set out below:

 
 1     Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities 
        / person closely associated 
 a)    Name                                   Martin Whitaker 
      -------------------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
 2     Reason for the notification 
      -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Position/status                        Chief Executive Officer 
      -------------------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
 b)    Initial notification                   Initial notification 
        /Amendment 
      -------------------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
 3     Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
        auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
      -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Name                                   Diurnal Group plc 
      -------------------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
 b)    LEI                                    213800I2HNUNZN1LDH29 
      -------------------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
 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                     Ordinary shares of 5 pence each in 
        financial instrument,                  Diurnal Group plc 
        type of instrument 
 
       Identification code                    GB00BDB6Q760 
 
 b)    Nature of the transaction              Sale of ordinary shares 
      -------------------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
 c)    Price(s) and volume(s) 
                                              -------------------  ----------------- 
                                               Price(s)             Volume(s) 
                                              -------------------  ----------------- 
    63 pence                                                        80,612 
   --------------------------------------------------------------  ----------------- 
 
 d)    Aggregated information 
 
  - Aggregated volume                    As above 
 
  - Price 
 
 e)    Date of the transaction                13 July 2021 
      -------------------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
 f)    Place of the transaction               XLON 
      -------------------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
 
 
 1     Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities 
        / person closely associated 
 a)    Name                                   Richard Bungay 
      -------------------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
 2     Reason for the notification 
      -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Position/status                        Chief Financial Officer 
      -------------------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
 b)    Initial notification                   Initial notification 
        /Amendment 
      -------------------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
 3     Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
        auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
      -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 a)    Name                                   Diurnal Group plc 
      -------------------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
 b)    LEI                                    213800I2HNUNZN1LDH29 
      -------------------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
 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                     Ordinary shares of 5 pence each in 
        financial instrument,                  Diurnal Group plc 
        type of instrument 
 
       Identification code                    GB00BDB6Q760 
 
 b)    Nature of the transaction              Sale of ordinary shares 
      -------------------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
 c)    Price(s) and volume(s) 
                                              -------------------  ----------------- 
                                               Price(s)             Volume(s) 
                                              -------------------  ----------------- 
    63 pence                                                        105,798 
   --------------------------------------------------------------  ----------------- 
 
 d)    Aggregated information 
 
  - Aggregated volume                    As above 
 
  - Price 
 
 e)    Date of the transaction                13 July 2021 
      -------------------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
 f)    Place of the transaction               XLON 
      -------------------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
 
 
 For further information, please visit www.diurnal.co.uk or 
  contact: 
 
                                                   +44 (0)20 3727 
 Diurnal Group plc                                  1000 
 Martin Whitaker, Chief Executive Officer 
 Richard Bungay, Chief Financial Officer 
 
 Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited (Nominated Adviser    +44 (0) 20 7886 
  and Sole Broker)                                  2500 
 Corporate Finance: Freddy Crossley, Emma Earl 
 Corporate Broking: Rupert Dearden 
 
                                                   +44 (0)20 3727 
 FTI Consulting (Media and Investor Relations)      1000 
 Simon Conway 
 Victoria Foster Mitchell 
 Alex Davis 
 

Notes to Editors

About Diurnal Group plc

Diurnal Group plc is a European, UK-headquartered, specialty pharmaceutical company dedicated to developing hormone therapeutics to aid lifelong treatment for rare and chronic endocrine conditions, including congenital adrenal hyperplasia, adrenal insufficiency, hypogonadism and hypothyroidism. Its expertise and innovative research activities focus on circadian-based endocrinology to yield novel product candidates in the rare and chronic endocrine disease arena.

For further information about Diurnal, please visit www.diurnal.co.uk

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