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4 July 2022
Oxford Metrics plc
("Oxford Metrics" or the "Company")
Exercise of Options, Director Dealing and Total Voting Rights
Oxford Metrics plc (AIM:OMG), the smart sensing software company servicing, life sciences, entertainment and engineering markets, announces that, on 4 July 2022, it issued 2,200,000 new ordinary shares of 0.25 pence each in the Company following an exercise of options pursuant to the Company's share option schemes to certain Directors of the Company; Nicholas Bolton (Chief Executive Officer), David Deacon (Chief Financial Officer) and Catherine Robertson (Executive Director) (together the "Exercising PDMRs").
The Exercising PDMRs have exercised, in aggregate, options over 2,200,000 shares and have sold 928,212 shares to cover the exercise cost and personal tax liabilities arising from the exercise.
Following the dealings described above, the Exercising PDMRs beneficial interests in the Company are set out below:
Director / PDMR | Current holding of Shares | Options exercised | Shares sold to cover exercise cost and tax liabilities | New holding of Shares | % of total voting rights in the Company(1) |
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Nicholas Bolton | 2,383,565 | 1,200,000 | 513,002 | 3,070,563 | 2.41% | ||
David Deacon | 1,146,821 | 600,000 | 179,026 | 1,567,795 | 1.23% | ||
Catherine Robertson | 1,439,201 | 400,000 | 236,184 | 1,603,017 | 1.26% |
(1) Total Voting Rights of 127,415,890 as at 24 June 2022
Pursuant to the exercise of these share options, the Company confirms that application has been made to the London Stock Exchange for the admission of 2,200,000 Ordinary Shares to trading on AIM. Admission is expected to take place at 8.00am on 11 July 2022.
Total Voting Rights
Following Admission, the Company will have 129,615,890 Ordinary Shares in issue with each share carrying the right to one vote. The Company has no Ordinary Shares held in treasury. The total number of voting rights in the Company following Admission will therefore be 129,615,890.
Oxford Metrics Nick Bolton, CEO David Deacon, CFO
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About Oxford Metrics
Oxford Metrics develops software that enables the interface between the real world and its virtual twin. Our smart sensing software helps over 10,000 customers in more than 70 countries, including all of the world's top 10 games companies and all of the top 20 universities worldwide. Founded in 1984, we started our journey in healthcare, expanded into entertainment, winning an OSCAR® and an Emmy®, then moved into defence and engineering. We have a track record of creating value by incubating, growing and then augmenting through acquisition, unique technology businesses.
The Group trades through its market-leading division: Vicon. Vicon is a world leader in motion measurement analysis to thousands of customers worldwide, including Guy's Hospital, Industrial Light & Magic, MIT and NASA.
The Group is headquartered in Oxford with offices in California, Colorado, and Auckland. Since 2001, Oxford Metrics (LSE: OMG), has been a quoted company listed on AIM, a market operated by the London Stock Exchange. For more information about Oxford Metrics, visit www.oxfordmetrics.com
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | 1. Nicholas Bolton 2. David Deacon 3. Catherine Robertson | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | 1. PDMR - Chief Executive Officer 2. PDMR - Chief Financial Officer 3. PDMR - Executive Director | ||||
b) | Initial notification/Amendment | Initial notification | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Oxford Metrics Plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 2138002ZKGRM1MQ8JW43 | ||||
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 0.25p shares ISIN: GB0030312788 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Issue of Shares | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information | N/a (Single transaction) | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 4 July 2022 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, AIM | ||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | 1. Nicholas Bolton 2. David Deacon 3. Catherine Robertson | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | 1. PDMR - Chief Executive Officer 2. PDMR - Chief Financial Officer 3. PDMR - Executive Director | ||||
b) | Initial notification/Amendment | Initial notification | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Oxford Metrics Plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 2138002ZKGRM1MQ8JW43 | ||||
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 0.25p shares ISIN: GB0030312788 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Sale of Shares | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information | N/a (Single transaction) | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 4 July 2022 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, AIM | ||||