31 Jul 2019 11:27
PRESS RELEASE
Non-Standard Finance plc
(the 'Company' or the 'Group')
Director/PDMR Shareholding (notification and correction) and total voting rights
31 July 2019
The Group announces the issuance to Mr. Charles Gregson, Non-Executive Chairman of the Company, of 70,234 ordinary shares of £0.05 each ('Ordinary Shares') (the 'Shares').
In accordance with the Group's Remuneration Policy approved by shareholders on 14 May 2018, the Shares are issued to Mr. Gregson to satisfy 50% of the post-tax fees due to be paid to Mr. Gregson by the Company for the period from 1 January 2018 to 31 March 2019 (given that the purchases of Ordinary Shares purportedly purchased by the Company and transferred to Mr. Gregson for this period previously were void).
As a result of the issuance set out above, Mr. Gregson has a beneficial interest in 350,317 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.1% of the issued share capital of the Company.
Further to the issuance and the announcement made by the Company today regarding the reduction of the Company's capital by 5,070,234 Ordinary Shares, the Company's total issued share capital consists of 312,049,682 Ordinary Shares (with no shares held in treasury). The total number of voting rights in the Company remains unchanged at 312,049,682 (thereby meaning that the interests in the Company of the Company's shareholders also remain unchanged and no notifications will be required pursuant to the issuance under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules).
This announcement corrects the following 'Director / PDMR Shareholding' announcements of the Company dated: 28 June 2018 (RNS No 9264S12); 1 October 2018 (RNS No 4966C09); 21 December 2018 (RNS No 2932L11); and 29 March 2019 (RNS No 5199U12) (the 'RNSs'). The RNSs relate to Ordinary Shares purportedly purchased by the Company and transferred to Mr. Gregson. However, as the purchases by the Company were void, such transfers were not possible. As a result, the RNSs should be disregarded given that no such Ordinary Shares were transferred to Mr. Gregson.
For more information:
Non-Standard Finance plc Peter Reynolds, Director, IR and Communications | +44 (0) 20 3869 9026 |
The notification below, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, provides further detail:
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | ||
a) | Name | Charles Gregson | |
2 | Reason for the notification | ||
a) | Position/status | Non-Executive Chairman
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b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial Notification | |
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||
a) | Name | Non-Standard Finance plc | |
b) | LEI | 213800DVBNIJ1J2OF119 | |
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 Identification code | Ordinary shares of 5p each in the capital of Non-Standard Finance plc | |
GB00BRJ6JV17 | |||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Issuance of Ordinary Shares by the Company to Charles Gregson | |
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) | Volume(s) |
38.95 pence | 70,234 | ||
d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | Aggregated volume: 70,234 Ordinary Shares 38.95 pence | |
e) | Date of the transaction | 31 July 2019 | |
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange (XLON) | |