TIDMSUMM 
 
   Summit Therapeutics plc 
 
   ('Summit' or the 'Company') 
 
   Award of Share Options 
 
   Oxford, UK, and Cambridge, MA, US, 29 March 2019 -- Summit Therapeutics 
plc (NASDAQ: SMMT, AIM: SUMM), a leader in new mechanism antibiotic 
innovation, announces the annual grant of options over new ordinary 
shares of one penny nominal value ('Ordinary Shares') on 29 March 2019 
to the Chief Executive Officer, PDMRs and other employees in line with 
the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan. 
 
   Details of the grant to the Chief Executive Officer and the other PDMRs 
are summarised below. 
 
 
 
 
                                                            Total number of 
Director/PDMR   Position                Options Awarded      Options Held 
--------------  ----------------------  ---------------  --------------------- 
                Chief Executive 
Glyn Edwards     Officer                      3,000,000              5,785,268 
                                        --------------- 
                Chief Operating 
                 Officer, President of 
David Roblin     R&D                          2,000,000              3,539,661 
--------------  ----------------------  ---------------  --------------------- 
                Chief Commercial 
Daniel Elger     Officer                      1,500,000              1,923,430 
--------------  ----------------------  ---------------  --------------------- 
 
 
   All options awarded to the Chief Executive Officer and the other PDMRs 
on 29 March 2019 have an exercise price of 27.5 pence per share and will 
vest in full on 29 March 2022 subject to achievement of performance 
conditions pertaining to corporate and programme development milestones 
and continued service to the Company. 
 
   In addition, the Company has granted Options over a further 4,896,000 
Ordinary Shares to other employees of the Company on the same date. 
These options also have an exercise price of 27.5 pence per share. They 
will vest in nine equal tranches on a quarterly basis from 29 March 2020 
and will vest in full on 29 March 2022, or sooner on the happening of 
certain corporate events reflecting the achievement of the Group's 
long-term objectives. 
 
   The exercise price of 27.5 SHYpence per share for all options granted 
was the mid-market closing price of the Ordinary Shares on AIM on 29 
March 2019. The maximum number of outstanding share options following 
the grants referred to above is 20,418,951 representing approximately 
12.7 SHYSHYSHYper cent of the currently issued ordinary share capital of 
the Company. 
 
   This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of 
Article 7 of EU Regulation 596/2014 (MAR). 
 
   About Summit Therapeutics 
 
   Summit Therapeutics is a leader in antibiotic innovation. Our new 
mechanism antibiotics are designed to become the new standards of care 
for the benefit of patients, and create value for payors and healthcare 
providers. We are currently developing new mechanism antibiotics for C. 
difficile infection and gonorrhoea and are using our proprietary Discuva 
Platform to expand our pipeline. For more information, visit 
www.summitplc.com and follow us on Twitter @summitplc. 
 
   Contacts 
 
 
 
 
Summit 
Glyn Edwards / Richard Pye (UK office)             Tel:    44 (0)1235 443 951 
Michelle Avery (US office)                                    +1 617 225 4455 
 
Cairn Financial Advisers LLP (Nominated Adviser)   Tel:   +44 (0)20 7213 0880 
Liam Murray / Tony Rawlinson 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1   Details of the persons discharging managerial responsibilities/person 
     closely associated 
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a)  Name 
                             1.    Glyn Edwards 
 
                             2.    David Roblin 
 
                             3.    Daniel Elger 
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2   Reason for the notification 
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a)  Position / status 
                             1.    Chief Executive Officer 
 
                             2.    Chief Operating Officer, President of R&D 
 
                             3.    Chief Commercial Officer 
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b)  Initial notification /  Initial notification 
    Amendment 
    ----------------------  -------------------------------------------------------------------- 
3   Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, 
     auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
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a)  Name                    Summit Therapeutics plc 
    ----------------------  -------------------------------------------------------------------- 
b)  LEI                     213800NRW8AOMYMTBD89 
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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 
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a)  Description of the      Ordinary shares of 1 penny each 
    financial instrument, 
    type of instrument 
 
 
    Identification code     GB00BN40HZ01 
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b)  Nature of the           Grant of share options 
    transactions 
    ----------------------  -------------------------------------------------------------------- 
c)  Price(s) and volume(s)    Price(s)                                         Volume(s) 
    ----------------------    -----------------------------------------------  --------------- 
                              (i)-(iii) 27.5 pence per share (exercise price)  1.    3,000,000 
                                                                               2.    2,000,000 
                                                                               3.    1,500,000 
    ----------------------    -----------------------------------------------  --------------- 
 
d)  Aggregated information 
     - Aggregated volume      6,500,000 ordinary shares 
     - Price                  27.5 pence per share (exercise price) 
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e)  Date of the             29 March 2019 
    transactions 
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f)  Place of the            Outside a trading venue 
    transactions 
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   -END- 
 
 
 
 
 
 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

March 29, 2019 13:45 ET (17:45 GMT)

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