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25 January 2017
Acal plc
Director/PDMR Shareholding
Acal plc (LSE : ACL, "Acal" or the "Company"), a leading European specialist electronics supplier, announces that it has been notified on 20 January 2017 of the following acquisitions of the Company's ordinary shares by Directors of the Company. These acquisitions took place on 20 January 2017 in London pursuant to the placing of 6,418,308 new ordinary shares of 5 pence each in the Company (the "Placing Shares") at a price of 220 pence per Placing Share.
Name | Ordinary shares acquired pursuant to placing | Total holding following admission | Percentage held of enlarged issued share capital |
Richard Moon | 9,090 | 76,690 | 0.11 |
Nicholas Jefferies | 4,545 | 78,341 | 0.11 |
Simon Gibbins | 4,545 | 33,275 | 0.05 |
Richard Brooman | 2,272 | 10,272 | 0.01 |
Henrietta Marsh | 2,272 | 12,272 | 0.02 |
Tracey Graham | 6,818 | 6,818 | 0.01 |
Malcolm Diamond | 4,545 | 14,545 | 0.02 |
For further information, please contact:
Acal plc 01483 544 500
Nick Jefferies - Group Chief Executive
Simon Gibbins - Group Finance Director
Instinctif Partners 0207 457 2020
Mark Garraway
Helen Tarbet
James Gray
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||||
a) | Name | Richard Moon | ||||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||||
a) | Position / status | Chairman | ||||||
b) | Initial notification / amendment | Initial notification | ||||||
3 | Details of issuer | |||||||
a) | Name | Acal plc | ||||||
b) | LEI | 213800BMDLQU1VEEAN68 | ||||||
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 in Acal plc
GB0000055888 | ||||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Acquisition following placing of new ordinary 5 pence shares in the Company | ||||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information |
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e) | Date of the transaction | 20 January 2017 | ||||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON) | ||||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||||
a) | Name | Nicholas Jefferies | ||||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||||
a) | Position / status | Group Chief Executive | ||||||
b) | Initial notification / amendment | Initial notification | ||||||
3 | Details of issuer | |||||||
a) | Name | Acal plc | ||||||
b) | LEI | 213800BMDLQU1VEEAN68 | ||||||
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 in Acal plc
GB0000055888 | ||||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Acquisition following placing of new ordinary 5 pence shares in the Company | ||||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information |
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e) | Date of the transaction | 20 January 2017 | ||||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON) | ||||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||||
a) | Name | Simon Gibbins | ||||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||||
a) | Position / status | Group Finance Director | ||||||
b) | Initial notification / amendment | Initial notification | ||||||
3 | Details of issuer | |||||||
a) | Name | Acal plc | ||||||
b) | LEI | 213800BMDLQU1VEEAN68 | ||||||
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 in Acal plc
GB0000055888 | ||||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Acquisition following placing of new ordinary 5 pence shares in the Company | ||||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information |
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e) | Date of the transaction | 20 January 2017 | ||||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON) | ||||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||||
a) | Name | Richard Brooman | ||||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||||
a) | Position / status | Non-executive director | ||||||
b) | Initial notification / amendment | Initial notification | ||||||
3 | Details of issuer | |||||||
a) | Name | Acal plc | ||||||
b) | LEI | 213800BMDLQU1VEEAN68 | ||||||
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 in Acal plc
GB0000055888 | ||||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Acquisition following placing of new ordinary 5 pence shares in the Company | ||||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information |
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e) | Date of the transaction | 20 January 2017 | ||||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON) | ||||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||||
a) | Name | Henrietta Marsh | ||||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||||
a) | Position / status | Non-executive director | ||||||
b) | Initial notification / amendment | Initial notification | ||||||
3 | Details of issuer | |||||||
a) | Name | Acal plc | ||||||
b) | LEI | 213800BMDLQU1VEEAN68 | ||||||
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 in Acal plc
GB0000055888 | ||||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Acquisition following placing of new ordinary 5 pence shares in the Company | ||||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information |
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e) | Date of the transaction | 20 January 2017 | ||||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON) | ||||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||||
a) | Name | Malcolm Diamond | ||||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||||
a) | Position / status | Non-executive director | ||||||
b) | Initial notification / amendment | Initial notification | ||||||
3 | Details of issuer | |||||||
a) | Name | Acal plc | ||||||
b) | LEI | 213800BMDLQU1VEEAN68 | ||||||
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 in Acal plc
GB0000055888 | ||||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Acquisition following placing of new ordinary 5 pence shares in the Company | ||||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information |
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e) | Date of the transaction | 20 January 2017 | ||||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON) | ||||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||||
a) | Name | Tracey Graham | ||||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||||
a) | Position / status | Non-executive director | ||||||
b) | Initial notification / amendment | Initial notification | ||||||
3 | Details of issuer | |||||||
a) | Name | Acal plc | ||||||
b) | LEI | 213800BMDLQU1VEEAN68 | ||||||
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 in Acal plc
GB0000055888 | ||||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Acquisition following placing of new ordinary 5 pence shares in the Company | ||||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information |
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e) | Date of the transaction | 20 January 2017 | ||||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON) | ||||||
Notes to Editors:
About Acal plc
Acal is a leading international supplier of customised electronics to industry. It designs, manufactures and distributes customer-specific electronic products and solutions to 25,000 industrial manufacturers and is listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: ACL).
Acal has two divisions: Design & Manufacturing and Custom Distribution. The majority of its sales comes from products and solutions which are created specifically for a customer. Acal works across a range of technologies, namely Communications & Sensors, Power & Magnetics, Electromechanical & Shielding, Embedded Systems, and Photonics & Imaging.
Acal operates through the following wholly-owned businesses: Acal BFi, Contour, Flux, Foss, Hectronic, MTC, Myrra, Noratel, Plitron, RSG, Stortech and Vertec. It has operating companies and manufacturing facilities in a number of markets, including the UK, Germany, France, the Nordic region, Benelux, Italy, Poland and Slovakia as well as in Asia (China, India, South Korea, Sri Lanka and Thailand), North America (the US and Canada), and South Africa.