Last checked at 4 Oct 2017 07:00
4 October 2017
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NAHL Group PLC
("NAHL" or the "Group")
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Director/PDMR Shareholding and Issue of Equity
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NAHL (AIM: NAH), the leading UK marketing and services business focused on the UK consumer legal market, was informed on 4 October 2017 by Steve Dolton, Chief Financial Officer that he exercised share options over 237,501 ordinary shares of £0.0025 each in the Group ("Ordinary Shares") at an exercise price of £0.0025.
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As a result of the option exercise, the Group today announces the issue and allotment of 237,501 new ordinary shares of £0.0025 each in the Group ("New Ordinary Shares").
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Application has been made for the 237,501 New Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM and dealings are expected to commence at 8.00 a.m. on 5 October 2017 ("Admission"). The New Ordinary Shares will rank pari passu with the existing ordinary shares of the Group.
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Following this exercise; Mr Dolton and his connected persons have a beneficial interest in 908,999 Ordinary Shares or 1.987% of the issued share capital.Â
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Following the exercise of options and Admission, the issued share capital of the Group will consist of 45,748,589 Ordinary Shares, none of which are in treasury. Shareholders may use this figure 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 issued share capital of the Group under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
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The Notification of Dealing Forms set out below are provided in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation.
Notification of Dealing Forms
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1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | ||
(a) | Name | Steve Dolton | |
2. | Reason for the notification | ||
(a) | Position/status | Chief Financial Officer | |
(b) | Initial notification/ Amendment | Initial notification | |
3. | Details of the issuer | ||
(a) | Name | NAHL Group plc | |
(b) | LEI | N/A | |
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 | Ordinary shares of £0.0025 each | |
(b) | Identification code of the Financial Instrument | GB00BM7S2W63 | |
(c) | Nature of the transaction | Exercise of options | |
(d) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) | Volume(s) |
 £0.0025 | 237,501 | ||
(e) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | Not applicable  Not applicable | |
(f) | Date of the transaction | 4 October 2017 | |
(g) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange (XLON) | |
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For further information please call:
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NAHL Group plc Russell Atkinson (CEO) Steve Dolton (CFO) Â | via FTI Consulting Tel: +44 (0) 20 3727 1000 |
Investec Bank plc (NOMAD & Broker) Garry Levin David Flin James Ireland David Anderson William Godfrey  | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7597 5970 |
FTI Consulting (Financial PR) Oliver Winters Alex Beagley James Styles | Tel: +44 (0) 20 3727 1000 |
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Notes to Editors
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NAHL Group plc is a leading UK marketing and services business focused on the UK consumer legal market. The Group comprises three divisions: Personal Injury (National Accident Helpline - NAH), Conveyancing (Fitzalan Partners - Fitzalan) and Critical Care (Bush & Company Rehabilitation - Bush). NAH provides outsourced marketing services in the personal injury market, Fitzalan, which includes Searches UK a leading conveyancing search provider, provides marketing services in the property market and Bush provides a range of specialist services in the catastrophic injury market.
More information is available at www.nahlgroupplc.co.uk and www.national-accident-helpline.co.uk
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