22 Jan 2014 16:29
22 January 2014
The Stanley Gibbons Group plc
("Stanley Gibbons" or the "Company")
Directors' Shareholdings & Issue of Equity
Stanley Gibbons announces that on 21 January 2014 Michael Hall, Chief Executive, and Donal Duff, Chief Operating Officer and Finance Director, acquired ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") as detailed below, as a result of the exercise of options by Directors and senior executives under the Company's Group Share Option Plan 2010.
Application for the admission to trading on AIM for the above was made under a block listing of 1,000,000 Ordinary Shares which became effective on 21 October 2013.
The Company's total issued share capital following the exercise comprises 46,534,389 Ordinary Shares.
Michael Hall, Donal Duff and Ian Goldbart (on behalf of his wife, who is a connected person) notified the Company today that they had sold Ordinary Shares in the Company on 22 January 2014 as detailed below.
Name of Director | Number of Ordinary Shares acquired as a result of the exercise of options | Number of Ordinary Shares sold and price per share | Holding of Ordinary Shares following exercise of options and /or share sale | % of issued share capital following sale |
Michael Hall, Chief Executive | 296,389 | 250,000 at £3.65 | 227,648 | 0.49 |
Donal Duff, Chief Operating Officer and Finance Director | 60,078 | 27,028 at £3.65 | 100,000 | 0.21 |
Ian Goldbart, Managing Director- Dealing and Auctions | - | 27,965 at £3.65 | 393,551 | 0.85 |
Enquiries:
The Stanley Gibbons Group plc
Richard Purkis, Company Secretary Tel: +44 (0) 1534 766711
www.stanleygibbons.com
Peel Hunt LLP, Nomad / Broker
Dan Webster/ Matthew Armitt/Richard Brown Tel: +44 (0) 20 7418 8900
Tavistock Communications
Lulu Bridges/Teresa Towner Tel: +44 (0) 20 7920 3150