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24 October 2017
NAHL Group PLC
("NAHL" or the "Group")
Director/PDMR Shareholding and Issue of Equity
NAHL (AIM: NAH), the leading UK marketing and services business focused on the UK consumer legal market, was informed on 23 October 2017 by Russell Atkinson, Chief Executive Officer that he exercised share options over 312,501 ordinary shares of £0.0025 each in the Group ("Ordinary Shares") at an exercise price of £0.0025.
As a result of the option exercise, the Group today announces the issue and allotment of 312,501 new ordinary shares of £0.0025 each in the Group ("New Ordinary Shares").
Application has been made for the 312,501 New Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM and dealings are expected to commence at 8.00 a.m. on 27 October 2017 ("Admission"). The New Ordinary Shares will rank pari passu with the existing ordinary shares of the Group.
Following the exercise of options and Admission, the issued share capital of the Group will consist of 46,061,090 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.
Subsequent to the exercise of options, the Group was notified that Russell Atkinson sold 147,950 Ordinary Shares on 23 October 2017 at a price of 153.0 pence per Ordinary Share in order to satisfy tax liabilities resulting from the exercise of the above mentioned options. Following the exercise and sale, Russell Atkinson has a beneficial interest in 515,331 Ordinary Shares or 1.119% of the issued share capital.
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
1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | ||
(a) | Name | Russell Atkinson | |
2. | Reason for the notification | ||
(a) | Position/status | Chief Executive 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 | i) Exercise of options over Ordinary Shares ii) Sale of Ordinary Shares | |
(d) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) | Volume(s) |
i) 0.25 pence ii) 153.0 pence | i) 312,501 ii) 147,950 | ||
(e) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | Not applicable
Not applicable | |
(f) | Date of the transaction | i) 23 October 2017 ii) 23 October 2017 | |
(g) | Place of the transaction | i) Outside of trading venue ii) London Stock Exchange, AIM (XLON) | |
For further information please call:
NAHL Group plc Russell Atkinson (CEO) Steve Dolton (CFO)
| 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) Alex Beagley James Styles | Tel: +44 (0) 20 3727 1000 |
Notes to Editors
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