Last checked at 26 Aug 2021 17:00
26 August 2021
Likewise Group plc
("Likewise", or the "Company")
Employee SAYE and PDMR shareholding
Likewise Group plc (AIM:LIKE), the fast growing UK floor coverings distributor, announces that in line with the proposal set out in its admission document dated 29 July 2021, that options were granted on 25 August 2021 over a total of 4,145,945 ordinary shares of £0.01 each ("Ordinary Shares") in the share capital of the Company under its employee Save As You Earn ('SAYE') share option scheme in accordance with HMRC rules. The 2021 SAYE options have an exercise price, calculated in accordance with the rules of the SAYE scheme, of 21 pence and vest on 1 October 2024.
Details of the grants to the Company's PDMRs who elected to participate in the 2021 SAYE scheme are shown below:
PDMR | Role | Number of Ordinary Shares over which options granted |
Tony Judge | Commercial Director | 85,714 |
The total number of Ordinary Shares over which options have been granted is now 19,469,930, which includes 7,619,930 SAYE options and 11,850,000 Enterprise Management Incentive options.
For further information, please contact:
Likewise Group plc Tony Brewer, Chief Executive Roy Povey, Chief Financial Officer
| Tel: 01527 314 000 |
Zeus Capital Limited (Nominated Adviser & Joint Broker) Jordan Warburton / David Foreman / James Edis (Corporate Finance) Dominic King (Corporate Broking)
| Tel: 0203 829 5000 |
Ravenscroft Consultancy & Listing Services Limited (Joint Broker) Semelia Hamon (Corporate Finance)
| Tel: 01481 732746 |
Novella Communications (Financial PR) Tim Robertson / Fergus Young | Tel: 0203 151 7008 |
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them.
1. | Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ("PCA") | |||||
a) | Name | Tony Judge | ||||
2. | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/ status | Commercial Director | ||||
b) | Initial notification / amendment | Initial notification | ||||
3. | Details of the issuer | |||||
a) | Name | Likewise Group plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 2138007L822RL2CXMV34 | ||||
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 £0.01 each. | ||||
b) | Identification code | ISIN: GB00BHNWH003 | ||||
c) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of option to acquire ordinary shares under the Company's SAYE scheme | ||||
d) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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e) | Aggregated information - Volume - Price | N/A | ||||
f) | Date of the transaction | 25 August 2021 | ||||
g) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | ||||