Healthcare innovator Abingdon Health Awards Share Options to Drive Long-Term Success

Published: 02 May 2025
Abingdon Health PLC, leading developer of rapid diagnostic tests, announces incentive share options for directors and senior management.

Abingdon Health PLC, renowned for developing, manufacturing, and distributing of top-tier rapid tests, recently made an important announcement. The York-based company, traded on AIM under the ticker ‘ABDX,’ has granted share options to its directors and senior management under the terms of the Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP). The health-tech leader utilises a strategy that inspires retention while mirroring the interests of the company’s shareholders. The total number of ordinary shares inclusive in the option plan is an impressive 4,092,000, each worth 0.025 pence. Rather than being of initial cost, these options will slowly vest over a period leading up to June 30th, 2027. A specific provision of this vesting is conditional upon the company achieving hard-set total shareholder return criteria.\Executives awarded options include Chris Hand, Executive Chairman (946,000 new options), Chris Yates, Chief Commercial Officer and President of Abingdon Health USA Inc (946,000 new options), Tom Hayes, CFO (660,000 new options), and many others. Rewarding these principal contributors and decision makers not only strengthens the corporate image but also ensures alignment with shareholders’ interests.\Beyond sharing the news, Abingdon Health also took the opportunity to highlight its profile as an esteemed contract service provider within the med-tech realm, offering an array of services to an international customer base. From designing and implementing quality management systems to preparing regulatory files for market launches across various territories, Abingdon is also helping customers bring products to market. The company continues to promote and strengthen their Health Simply Test range and e-commerce platform, showing customers a comprehensive range of self-tests, all in the pursuit of enabling consumers to manage their own health and wellbeing.