Last checked at 28 Jul 2017 08:10
28 July 2017
QUIZ plc
("QUIZ" or the "Company")
Director/PDMR Shareholdings
QUIZ plc (AIM: QUIZ, "QUIZ" or "the Company"), the omni-channel fast fashion womenswear brand, notifies that Gerard Sweeney, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, has today been granted options ("Options") over 161,490 ordinary shares of 0.3 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at an exercise price of 161 pence per Ordinary Share.
Following the grant of the Options, Mr Sweeney's beneficial interest in the Company remains unchanged at 12,422 Ordinary Shares representing 0.01% of the Company's issued share capital.
The notification below, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, provides further detail.
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them.
1
| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
a)
| Names | Gerard Sweeney | ||||
2
| Reason for the notification | |||||
a)
| Position/status
| Chief Financial Officer | ||||
b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial Notification | ||||
3
| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a)
| Name
| QUIZ 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, type of instrument
| Options over ordinary shares of 0.3 pence | ||||
b) | Identification code
| JE00BZ00SF59 | ||||
c)
| Nature of the transaction
| Grant of Options | ||||
d)
| Price(s) and volume(s) |
| ||||
d)
| Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
161,490 161p | ||||
e)
| Date of the transaction | 28 July 2017 | ||||
f)
| Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange | ||||
QUIZ Limited | Via Hudson Sandler |
Tarak Ramzan, Chief Executive Officer Gerry Sweeney, Chief Financial Officer Sheraz Ramzan, Chief Commercial Officer | |
Panmure Gordon (Nominated Adviser and Sole Broker) Ben Thorne / Alina Vaskina / Andrew Godber / Jonathan Surr / Ed Phillips (Corporate Finance ) Erik Anderson / Amy Sarra (Corporate Broking)
| +44 (0) 207 886 2500 |
Hudson Sandler LLP (public relations) | +44 (0) 207 796 4133 |
Alex Brennan Sophie Lister Fern Duncan | quiz@hudsonsandler.com |
About QUIZ
QUIZ is an omni-channel fast fashion womenswear brand, specialising in occasion wear and dressy casual wear. QUIZ delivers a distinct proposition that makes fashion forward females stand out from the crowd.
QUIZ's buying and design teams constantly develop its own product lines, ensuring the latest glamorous looks at value prices. This fast, flexible supply chain, together with the winning formula of style, quality, value and speed-to-market has enabled QUIZ to grow rapidly into an international brand with more than 300 standalone stores, concessions, franchise stores, wholesale partners and international online partners in 19 countries.
QUIZ operates through an omni-channel, fast fashion business model, which encompasses online sales, standalone stores, concessions including, among others, Debenhams and House of Fraser, international franchises and wholesale.