Last checked at 23 Dec 2020 07:00
Redcentric plc
Director/PDMR Shareholding, Issue of Equity and Total Voting Rights
Redcentric plc (AIM: RCN) ("Redcentric" or the "Company"), a leading UK IT managed services provider, announces that on 22 December 2020 it received notification of exercise from each of Peter Brotherton, Chief Executive Officer, and David Senior, Chief Financial Officer, in relation to nil-cost share options ("Options") over ordinary shares of 0.1p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares"), pursuant to the Company's 2017 Long Term Incentive Plan (the "Exercise"), as follows:
· Peter Brotherton exercised 192,481 Options. Following the Exercise, Mr Brotherton sold 97,481 Ordinary Shares at a price of 110 pence per Ordinary Share on 22 December 2020 in order to cover the tax and national insurance liability associated with the Exercise. Following the Exercise and the sale of shares, Mr Brotherton holds 228,571 Ordinary Shares in the Company (representing approximately 0.15% of the Company's issued share capital) and 921,061 share options in the Company;
· David Senior exercised 29,100 Options. Following the Exercise, Mr Senior sold 14,550 Ordinary Shares at a price of 110 pence per Ordinary Share on 22 December 2020 in order to cover the tax and national insurance liability associated with the Exercise. Following the Exercise and the sale of shares, Mr Senior holds 43,121 Ordinary Shares in the Company (representing approximately 0.03% of the Company's issued share capital) and 249,555 shares options in the Company.
Accordingly, application has been made for 221,581 new Ordinary Shares to be issued pursuant to the option exercise to be admitted to trading on AIM ("Admission"). Admission is expected to occur at 8.00 a.m. on or around the 31 December 2020.
Following Admission, the Company's issued share capital will consist of 156,165,710 Ordinary Shares, 37,569 of which are held in Treasury. For reporting under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules, shareholders should exclude any shares held in Treasury and should use the figure of 156,128,141 Ordinary Shares (the issued voting share capital) when determining if they are required to notify their interest, or a change of their interest in the Company.
Following the Exercise there are options outstanding over 3,891,750 Ordinary Shares, representing 2.49% of the Company's issued share capital.
Enquiries:
Redcentric plc Peter Brotherton, Chief Executive Officer David Senior, Chief Financial Officer
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finnCap Ltd - Nomad and Sole Broker Marc Milmo / Simon Hicks / Charlie Beeson (Corporate Finance) Andrew Burdis / Sunila de Silva (ECM) | +44 (0)20 7220 0500 |
The notifications below, made in accordance with the requirements of the Market Abuse Regulation, provide 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) | Name | Peter Brotherton
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2. | Reason for the Notification | ||||||||||
a) | Position/status | Chief Executive Officer | |||||||||
b) | Initial notification/Amendment | Initial notification | |||||||||
3. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||||||||||
a) | Name | Redcentric plc | |||||||||
b) | LEI | 213800FGYMMNE9OKFD14 | |||||||||
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 | Ordinary Shares of 0.1p | |||||||||
Identification code | RCN GB00B7TW1V39 | ||||||||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | - Exercise of options granted under the Redcentric plc 2017 Long Term Incentive Plan - Sale of ordinary shares | |||||||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information: · Aggregated volume · Price | See 4 (c) above | |||||||||
e) | Date of the transactions | See 4 (c) above | |||||||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON) | |||||||||
1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | ||||||||||
a) | Name | David Senior
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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 | Redcentric plc | |||||||||
b) | LEI | 213800FGYMMNE9OKFD14 | |||||||||
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 | Ordinary Shares of 0.1p | |||||||||
Identification code | RCN GB00B7TW1V39 | ||||||||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | - Exercise of options granted under the Redcentric plc 2017 Long Term Incentive Plan - Sale of ordinary shares | |||||||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information: · Aggregated volume · Price | See 4 (c) above | |||||||||
e) | Date of the transactions | See 4 (c) above | |||||||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON) | |||||||||