11 May 2021 15:38
11 May 2021
Escape Hunt plc (AIM: ESC)
("Escape Hunt" or the "Company")
Director/PDMR Shareholding - The Escape Hunt plc Share Incentive Plan (the "SIP")
As previously announced on 5 February 2021, the SIP is a tax-advantaged all-employee share scheme under which eligible participating employees of Escape Hunt can elect to purchase ordinary shares of 1.25p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") via the SIP trustee using monthly salary deductions. Ordinary Shares acquired in this manner are referred to as "Partnership Shares" and, for each Partnership Share purchased, participants are awarded one further Ordinary Share, known as a "Matching Share", at nil cost.
On 11 May 2021, Escape Hunt received notification from Yorkshire Building Society, the trustee of the SIP, that, on 10 May 2021, it purchased an aggregate of 1,308 Partnership Shares in the market at a price of 45.9p per share on behalf of those Directors / PDMRs set out in the table below. At the same time, these individuals were also awarded (for no consideration) their corresponding Matching Shares.
Director / PDMR | Number of Partnership Shares acquired under the SIP on 10 May 2021 | Number of Matching Shares acquired under the SIP on 10 May 2021 | Total beneficial holding of Ordinary Shares following these acquisitions | |
No. of Ordinary Shares | Approximate % of Company's issued share capital | |||
Richard Harpham | 327 | 327 | 704,426 | 0.79% |
Graham Bird | 327 | 327 | 1,437,022 | 1.62% |
Andrew Jacobs | 327 | 327 | 270,412 | 0.31% |
Sarah Lloyd-Baker | 327 | 327 | 92,860 | 0.1% |
The following notifications are intended to satisfy the Company's obligations under Article 19(3) of EU Regulation No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation).
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | Richard Harpham | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | Director, Chief Executive Officer | ||||
b) | Initial notification/ Amendment
| Initial Notification | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Escape Hunt plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 213800CMIYV5Q38P2487 | ||||
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 | Ordinary shares of 1.25 pence ("Shares") | ||||
Identificationcode | GB00BDB79J29 | |||||
b) | Nature of thetransaction | Shares purchased under the "Partnership Share" element of the Company's all-employee Share Incentive Plan. | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
Not applicable | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 10 May 2021 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange | ||||
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 | Ordinary shares of 1.25 pence ("Shares") | ||||
Identificationcode | GB00BDB79J29 | |||||
b) | Nature of thetransaction | Shares awarded under the "Matching Share" element of the Company's all-employee Share Incentive Plan. | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
Not applicable | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 10 May 2021 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange | ||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | Graham Bird | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | Director, Chief Financial Officer | ||||
b) | Initialnotification/ Amendment | Initial Notification | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Escape Hunt plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 213800CMIYV5Q38P2487 | ||||
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 | Ordinary shares of 1.25 pence ("Shares") | ||||
Identificationcode | GB00BDB79J29 | |||||
b) | Nature of thetransaction | Shares purchased under the "Partnership Share" element of the Company's all-employee Share Incentive Plan. | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
Not applicable | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 10 May 2021 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange | ||||
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 | Ordinary shares of 1.25 pence ("Shares") | ||||
Identificationcode | GB00BDB79J29 | |||||
b) | Nature of thetransaction | Shares awarded under the "Matching Share" element of the Company's all-employee Share Incentive Plan. | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
Not applicable | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 10 May 2021 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange | ||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | Andrew Jacobs | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | PDMR, COO | ||||
b) | Initialnotification/ Amendment | Initial Notification | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Escape Hunt plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 213800CMIYV5Q38P2487 | ||||
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 | Ordinary shares of 1.25 pence ("Shares") | ||||
Identificationcode | GB00BDB79J29 | |||||
b) | Nature of thetransaction | Shares purchased under the "Partnership Share" element of the Company's all-employee Share Incentive Plan. | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
Not applicable | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 10 May 2021 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange | ||||
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 | Ordinary shares of 1.25 pence ("Shares") | ||||
Identificationcode | GB00BDB79J29 | |||||
b) | Nature of thetransaction | Shares awarded under the "Matching Share" element of the Company's all-employee Share Incentive Plan. | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
Not applicable | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 10 May 2021 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange | ||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | Sarah Lloyd-Baker | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | PDMR, CMO | ||||
b) | Initialnotification/ Amendment | Initial Notification | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Escape Hunt plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 213800CMIYV5Q38P2487 | ||||
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 | Ordinary shares of 1.25 pence ("Shares") | ||||
Identificationcode | GB00BDB79J29 | |||||
b) | Nature of thetransaction | Shares purchased under the "Partnership Share" element of the Company's all-employee Share Incentive Plan. | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
Not applicable | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 10 May 2021 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange | ||||
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 | Ordinary shares of 1.25 pence ("Shares") | ||||
Identificationcode | GB00BDB79J29 | |||||
b) | Nature of thetransaction | Shares awarded under the "Matching Share" element of the Company's all-employee Share Incentive Plan. | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
Not applicable | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 10 May 2021 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange | ||||
Enquiries:
Escape Hunt plc | +44 (0) 20 7846 3322 |
Richard Harpham (Chief Executive Officer) |
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Graham Bird (Chief Financial Officer) |
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Kam Bansil (Investor Relations) |
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Shore Capital, NOMAD and Joint Broker | +44 (0) 20 7408 4050 |
Tom Griffiths, David Coaten (Corporate Advisory) |
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Fiona Conroy (Corporate Broking) |
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Zeus Capital, Joint Broker | +44 (0) 20 3829 5000 |
John Goold |
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Daniel Harris |
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IFC Advisory, Financial PR | +44 (0) 20 3934 6630 |
Graham Herring |
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Florence Chandler |
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