Last checked at 8 Nov 2019 16:00
8 November 2019
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Begbies Traynor Group plc
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Grant of Share Options and Notification of Transactions of persons discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMRs")
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Begbies Traynor Group plc ("the Group"), announces that the board has today made a Grant of Share Options under the Group's Share Option Scheme 2013 to two persons classified as persons discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMRs"). They are Anthony Spencer the Managing Partner of Eddisons and Richard Roe who is the Senior Partner of Eddisons each of whom have been granted options over 600,000 ordinary 5 pence shares in the Group ("Ordinary Shares") at an option price of 87.56pence.
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The awards will only vest in the event that certain performance hurdles are achieved and, in any event, these may only be exercised after a period of 5 years provided that the individual remains with the Group. The two performance hurdles which apply independently over 300,000 Ordinary Shares per condition are: compound annual growth rate of at least 6% over RPI in a consecutive 4 year period; and total shareholder return to equal or exceed the median of the combined constituents of the FTSE AIM Financial Services and FTSE AIM Industrial Goods and Services indices over the same period.
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The options detailed above together with other share option awards previously made to selected senior staff, if exercised in full, will represent approximately 1.18% of the Group's issued share capital.
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The information set out below is provided in accordance with the requirements of Article 19(3) of the EU Market Abuse Regulation No 596/2014.
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1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | ||
a) | Name | 1. Anthony Spencer 2. Richard Roe | |
2 | Reason for the notification | ||
a) | Position/status  | 1. Managing Partner of Eddisons 2. Senior Partner of Eddisons  | |
b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial Notification | |
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||
a)  | Name  | Begbies Traynor Group plc | |
b) Â | LEI Â | 21380075TB4ROF7KWK30 | |
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 5 pence each   ISIN: GB00B0305S97  | |
b)  | Nature of the transaction  | Grant of share options under the Group's Share Option Scheme 2013 | |
c) Â | Price(s) and volume(s) Â Â | Â Price(s) Â | Volume(s) |
1. 87.56p per Ordinary share 2. 87.56p per Ordinary share  | 1. 600,000 2. 600,000  | ||
d)  | Aggregated information  - Aggregated volume  - Price  |   N/A (Single transaction) | |
e)  | Date of the transaction  | 1. 8 November 2019 2. 8 November 2019   | |
f)  | Place of the transaction  | London Stock Exchange, AIM | |
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For further information, please contact:
Begbies Traynor Group plc 0161 837 1700
John Humphrey
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Canaccord Genuity Limited 020 7523 8350
(Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker)
David Tyrrell / Sunil Duggal
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Shore Capital 020 7408 4090
(Joint Broker)
Mark Percy / Anita Ghanekar
MHP Communications 020 3128 8572
Reg Hoare / Katie Hunt / Florence Mayo
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Information on Begbies Traynor Group can be accessed via the group's website atwww.begbies-traynorgroup.com
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