Last checked at 23 Jun 2023 14:46
23 June 2023
MS INTERNATIONAL plc
(the "Company")
Exercise of Options,
Dividend Timetable Update
and
Director/PDMR Shareholding
Exercise of Options
MS International plc announces that on 22 June 2023, certain employees have exercised in aggregate 66,670 options over ordinary shares of 10p each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares"). The exercise of options have been satisfied from existing Oridinary Shares which were held by the Company in treasury.
Total Voting Rights
Following this exercise of options, the Company's issued share capital will be 17,841,073. The Company holds 1,329,664 shares in treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 16,511,409.
The above figure of 16,511,409 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
Dividend
Further to the Company's annual results announced on 22 June 2023, the Company confirms the full year dividend is expected to be paid on the 18th of August 2023 to those shareholders on the register at the close of business on the 7th July 2023, with the ex-dividend date being 6th July 2023.
PDMR
As part of the exercise options described above, Mr Michael O'Connell, Finance Director of the Company, exercised 6,667 options over Ordinary Shares. Accordingly, Mr O'Connell's beneficial interest in Ordinary Shares has increased by 6,667 and now comprises 1,610,862 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 9.8% of the Company's issued share capital (excluding shares held in treasury).
The notification below, made in accordance with the requirements of the UK 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
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a)
| Name
| Mr Michael O'Connell | ||||
2
| Reason for the notification
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a)
| Position/status
| Finance Director | ||||
b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial notification | ||||
3
| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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a)
| Name
| MS INTERNATIONAL plc | ||||
b)
| LEI
| 213800Q34ZAXQ582YL41 | ||||
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
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a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code
| Employee share options of 1.41 pence each
ISIN: GB0005957005 | ||||
b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Exercise of employee share options
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c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d)
| Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
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Aggregated volume: N/A Aggregated price: N/A | ||||
e)
| Date of the transaction
| 22 June 2023 | ||||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| Off market | ||||
For further information please contact:
MS INTERNATIONAL plc Tel: +44 (0)13 0232 2133
Michael Bell
Shore Capital
Nomad and Broker Tel: +44 (0)20 7408 4090Patrick Castle/Daniel Bush/Lucy Bowden