6 March 2025
Transactions by Persons
Discharging Managerial Responsibilities
AstraZeneca PLC (the Company) announced that,
on 4 and 5 March 2025, 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 terms of the AstraZeneca Deferred
Bonus Plan (AZDBP).
The AZDBP award was granted on 4 March 2022,
following the deferral of a portion of each PDMR's annual bonus in
respect of 2021 performance into Ordinary Shares, and vested on
completion of the three-year holding period. The Ordinary Shares
that vested on 5 March 2025 relate to the reinvestment of certain
dividends accrued during the deferral period of the AZDBP
award.
Following the reinvestment of dividends accrued
during the deferral period of the AZDBP award, and 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
|
Position
|
Ordinary Shares
acquired
|
|
Pascal Soriot
|
Executive Director
and Chief Executive Officer
|
17,605
|
|
Aradhana Sarin
|
Executive Director
and Chief Financial Officer
|
2,049
|
For tax purposes, the fair market value of an
Ordinary Share at vest of the AZDBP award was 11,904 pence, being
the closing price on the last trading day preceding the
vesting.
Further details are set out in the attached
notification, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU
Market Abuse Regulation (as it forms part of UK law pursuant to the
European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018).
|
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
|
|
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 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
|
17,357
|
|
|
d)
|
Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
|
Not applicable - single
transaction
|
|
e)
|
Date of the transaction
|
4 March 2025
|
|
f)
|
Place of the transaction
|
Outside a trading venue
|
|
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
|
|
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 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 shares following the
reinvestment of certain dividends accrued during the deferral
period of the AstraZeneca Deferred Bonus Plan award.
|
|
c)
|
Price(s) and volume(s)
|
|
|
d)
|
Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
|
Not applicable - single
transaction
|
|
e)
|
Date of the transaction
|
5 March 2025
|
|
f)
|
Place of the transaction
|
Outside a trading venue
|
|
1
|
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities
/ person closely associated
|
|
a)
|
Name
|
Aradhana Sarin
|
|
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
|
|
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 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
|
2,021
|
|
|
d)
|
Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
|
Not applicable - single
transaction
|
|
e)
|
Date of the transaction
|
4 March 2025
|
|
f)
|
Place of the transaction
|
Outside a trading venue
|
|
1
|
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities
/ person closely associated
|
|
a)
|
Name
|
Aradhana Sarin
|
|
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
|
|
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 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 shares following the
reinvestment of certain dividends accrued during the deferral
period of the AstraZeneca Deferred Bonus Plan award.
|
|
c)
|
Price(s) and volume(s)
|
|
|
d)
|
Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
|
Not applicable - single
transaction
|
|
e)
|
Date of the transaction
|
5 March 2025
|
|
f)
|
Place of the transaction
|
Outside a trading venue
|
AstraZeneca
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a global, science-led biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the
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