7 Oct 2022 07:00
07 October 2022
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CentralNic Group plc
Directors' Dealings
CentralNic Group plc (LSE:CNIC, "Company" or "CNIC") received notification on the 06 October 2022 from Kestrel Partners LLP ("Kestrel") that on the 04,05 & 06 October 2022 it purchased, on behalf of its discretionary client accounts, an aggregate of 12,169 ordinary shares of £0.001 each ("Shares") in the Company at an average price of £1.19329 per share
Mr Royde is a partner of, and holds a beneficial interest in, Kestrel. Mr Royde is also a shareholder in Kestrel Opportunities and is therefore deemed to have a beneficial interest in Kestrel Opportunities' entire legal holding in CNIC.
Following this transaction, Kestrel Opportunities holds (and consequently Mr Royde is deemed to have a beneficial interest in) 17,926,535 Shares in the Company, and other clients of Kestrel, in which Mr Royde has no beneficial interest hold 45,258,768 Shares in the Company.
On a combined basis, Kestrel indirectly holds voting rights over 63,185,303 Shares in the Company, which represents 21.89 per cent of the Company's issued share capital.
Kestrel's interest in the Shares in the Company is held through the following nominees:
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Holding type | Nominee | No. of shares | % of issued share capital |
Indirect | Bank of New York Nominees Ltd | 17,926,535 | 6.21% |
Indirect | JIM Nominees Limited | 2,086,888 | 0.73% |
Indirect | Bank of New York Nominees Ltd | 24,092,404 | 8.35% |
Indirect | CB NYK - CITIBANK N.A.-PRIVATE BK | 19,079,476 | 6.60% |
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For further information contact:
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CentralNic Group Plc Ben Crawford, Chief Executive Officer Don Baladasan, Group Managing Director Michael Riedl, Chief Financial Officer   |  +44 (0) 203 388 0600 | |
Zeus (NOMAD and Joint Broker) Nick Cowles / Jamie Peel / James Edis (Investment Banking) Dominic King (Corporate Broking) |  +44 (0) 161 831 1512 +44 (0) 203 829 5000 | |
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ANNEX
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Template for notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them
1  | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
a)  | Name   | Kestrel Partners LLP  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2  | Reason for the notification  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
a)  | Position/status   | PCA - Max Royde (non-executive director CentralNic Group plc) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
b)  | Initial notification /Amendment   | Initial | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
3  | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
a)  | Name  | CentralNic Group plc | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
b) Â | LEI Â | 213800WAVVOPS85N2205 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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  | £0.001 Ordinary Shares   ISIN: GB00BCCW4X83  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
b)  | Nature of the transaction  |  Purchase | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
c)  | Price(s) and volume(s)  Transfer  Purchase  |
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d) Â | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | Â Purchase Total 12,169 shares @ average price of GBP 1.19329 Â | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
e)  | Date of the transaction  | 04, 05 & 06 October 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
f) Â | Place of the transaction | London AIM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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