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9 June 2020
Christie Group plc
("Christie Group" or the "Company")
PDMR notification
Christie Group plc (AIM: CTG.L), the leading provider of Professional & Financial Services and Stock & Inventory Systems & Services to the hospitality, leisure, healthcare, medical, childcare & education and retail sectors, has been notified that on 5 June 2020, David Rugg, Chairman and Chief Executive, who is considered to be a person discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMR"), has transferred 1,211,339 Christie Group plc ordinary shares of 2 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") to his son, Mr E C Rugg, for nil consideration.
This holding represents 4.57% of Christie Group plc shares and represents Mr E C Rugg's entire beneficial holding in Christie Group plc.
Accordingly, Mr Rugg's total holding in the Company, has reduced to 380,137 ordinary shares, representing approximately 1.43 per cent of the total voting rights of the Company. This 1.43 per cent holding excludes those shares held by Mrs Rugg.
The notification below, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, provides further detail.
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 | David Barry Rugg | |||||
2 | Reason for the notification | ||||||
a) | Position/status | Chairman and Chief Executive | |||||
b) | Initial notification/ Amendment | Initial Notification | |||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||||||
a) | Name | Christie Group plc | |||||
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 2 pence each ISIN: GB0001953156
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b) | Nature of the transaction | Transfer of shares | |||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information- Aggregated volume- Price | 1,211,339 shares£0.00 | |||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 2020-06-05 | |||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, AIM | |||||
For further information please contact:Christie Group plcDaniel Prickett, Chief Operating Officer 020 7227 0700
Shore Capital - Nominated Advisor & Broker
Antonio Bossi 020 7408 4090
About Christie Group:
Christie Group plc, quoted on AIM, is a leading professional business services group with 43 offices across the UK, Europe and Canada, catering to its specialist markets in the hospitality, leisure, healthcare, medical, childcare & education and retail sectors.
Christie Group operates in two complementary business divisions: Professional & Financial Services (PFS) and Stock & Inventory Systems & Services (SISS). These divisions trade under the brand names: PFS - Christie & Co, Pinders, Christie Finance and Christie Insurance: SISS - Orridge, Venners and Vennersys.
Tracing its origins back to 1846, the Group has a long-established reputation for offering essential services to client companies in agency, valuation services, investment, consultancy, project management, multi-functional trading systems and online ticketing services, stock audit and inventory management. The diversity of these services provides a natural balance to the Group's core agency business.
For more information, please go to www.christiegroup.com.