30 Aug 2012 15:35

30 August 2012
Rotala plc
("Rotala" or "the Company")
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Directors' Dealings
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Rotala has been notified of the following Director's Dealing which occurred on 29 August 2012:
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John Gunn, the Non-Executive Chairman of the Company, has, from his direct and indirect interests in the Company, sold ÂŁ200,000 nominal of the Company's Convertible Unsecured Loan Stock ("CULS") at a price of ÂŁ1.01 per ÂŁ1 unit. This Loan Stock bears a coupon of 8% per annum and is repayable on 31 December 2014 or is convertible into ordinary shares of the Company at a rate of 45 pence per share at any time up to that date. Following this sale John Gunn has an interest, directly and indirectly, in ÂŁ580,850 nominal of this Loan Stock (being 25.08 per cent. of the loan stock currently in issue).
The sale of the ÂŁ200,000 of the CULS was made up of the following elements:
1. The Ingrid Croft Trust, (of which John Gunn, the Non-Executive Chairman of the Company, is a trustee but not a beneficiary), sold ÂŁ28,000 in nominal value of the CULS. Following this sale, the Ingrid Croft Trust has an interest in ÂŁ30,000 of the CULS (representing 1.30 per cent. of the CULS in issue);
2. The Natalie Haynes Trust (of which John Gunn, the Non-Executive Chairman of the Company, is a trustee but not a beneficiary), sold ÂŁ30,000 in nominal value of the CULS. Following this sale, the Natalie Haynes Trust has an interest in ÂŁ45,000 of the CULS (representing 1.94 per cent. of the CULS in issue);
3. The Alison Pople Trust (of which John Gunn, the Non-Executive Chairman of the Company, is a trustee but not a beneficiary), sold ÂŁ12,000 in nominal value of the CULS. Following this sale, the Alison Pople Trust has an interest in ÂŁ30,000 of the CULS (representing 1.30 per cent. of the CULS in issue);
4. The 181 Fund Limited, (of which John Gunn, the Non-Executive Chairman of the Company, is both a director and, through his beneficial interests, a holder of 25.02% of the ordinary share capital), sold ÂŁ130,000 in nominal value of the CULS. Following this sale the 181 Fund Limited has an interest in ÂŁ475,850 of the CULS (representing 20.54% of the CULS in issue).
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For further information please contact:
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Rotala Plc | |
John Gunn, Chairman | 020 7602 7500 |
Simon Dunn, Chief Executive | 07825 808 525 |
Kim Taylor, Group Finance Director | 07825 808 529 |
Numis Securities Limited | 020 7260 1000 |
David Poutney (Corporate Broker); Stuart Skinner/Richard Thomas (Nominated Adviser) |
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