Director dealings: Syncona chair acquires shares

Gee, who took over as chair following Jeremy Tigue's retirement at the end of 2019, purchased the shares last Thursday at an average price of 186.60p each, for a total value of £49,449.

Syncona updated the market on its trading amid the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic last week, reporting that since the start of the outbreak, it had taken measures to protect its employees, primarily centred around remote working, to help ensure it could continue to operate with as minimal disruption as possible.

The firm said it had formed a working group to monitor and manage risks relating to the pandemic, with the health and safety of its staff said to be “a key priority”.

Syncona noted that it expected at least a three-month delay to trials across a number of clinical programmes in its portfolio.

As of 1630 BST, Syncona shares were up 6.44% at 206.50p.

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Boku, Inc (di) Reg S Cat 3/144a (BOKU)
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Syncona Limited Npv (SYNC)
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Syncona Limited Npv (SYNC)
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Helical (HLCL)
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