11 Nov 2015 16:16
11 November 2015
Murgitroyd Group PLC ("the Company")
Exercise of Options, Total Voting Rights and Director Dealing
Murgitroyd Group PLC, announces that on 11 November 2015, Graham Murnane, Executive Director of the Company, exercised options over 15,000 ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the Company at a price of £2.25 per share and 10,000 ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the Company at a price of £2.475 per share (together the "New Shares"), pursuant to the Company's Executive Share Option Scheme.
Application has been made for the New Shares, which rank pari passu in all respects with the Company's existing ordinary shares of 10 pence each ("Ordinary Shares"), to be admitted to trading on AIM which is expected to occur on or about 17 November 2015.
Following the issue of the New Shares, the Company's total issued share capital will consist of 8,960,847 Ordinary Shares. The Company does not hold any Ordinary Shares in Treasury. Therefore, following the issue of the New Shares, the total number of voting rights in the Company will be 8,960,847. This figure 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 and Transparency Rules.
On 11 November 2015, the Company was notified that, on that date, Graham Murnane sold 25,000 Ordinary Shares at a volume weighted average price of 512.22p per Ordinary Share. Following the exercise and the sale, Graham Murnane remains interested in 19,784 Ordinary Shares in the Company, representing 0.2% per cent of the total voting rights of the Company.
For further information, please contact:
Keith Young, Murgitroyd Group PLC T: 07802 951913
Sandy Fraser, N+1 Singer (NOMAD and Broker) T: 0207 496 3000