11 Mar 2010 11:20
For immediate release 11 March 2010
STATPRO GROUP PLC
("StatPro", "the Company" or "the Group")
Director Shareholding
Issue of Shares
StatPro Group plc (AIM: SOG), the AIM listed provider of portfolio analytics and data solutions for the global asset management industry, announces the issue of 20,000 shares following the exercise on 10 March 2010 of share options at 60p under the Company's share option scheme by Carl Bacon, Chairman.
Following this exercise, Carl Bacon is interested in 720,000 ordinary shares representing approximately 1.19% of the Company's issued ordinary share capital and options over 180,000 ordinary shares.
Application will be made to issue a total of 20,000 ordinary shares of 1p each. It is expected that dealings will commence on 17 March 2010. These shares will rank pari passu with the Group's existing issued ordinary shares.
Following Admission, the Company's enlarged issued share capital will comprise 60,699,357 ordinary shares with voting rights. The Company does not currently hold any shares in treasury. This figure of 60,699,357 ordinary shares may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
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For further information, please contact:
| StatPro Group plc | www.statpro.com |
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| Justin Wheatley, Chief Executive |
| 020 8410 9876 |
| Andrew Fabian, Finance Director |
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| Cenkos Securities |
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| Jon Fitzpatrick / Ken Fleming |
| 0131 220 6939 |
| Julian Morse |
| 020 7397 1931 |
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| Tom Moriarty / Caroline Evans-Jones |
| 020 7651 8688 |
About StatPro
StatPro is a leading provider of portfolio analytics and data solutions for the global asset management industry. The Company sells a SaaS-based Analytics and Data platform on a rental basis to investment management companies allowing them to analyse portfolio performance, attribution, risk and GIPS® compliance. StatPro also provides market data and valuation feeds including a Complex Asset Pricing service.
StatPro has grown its recurring revenue from less than GBP 1 million in 1999 to GBP 28.4 million at end December 2009. StatPro floated on the London Stock Exchange in May 2000 and transferred its listing in June 2003 to AIM. The Group has operations in Europe, North America, South Africa and Australia, with approximately 75% of recurring revenues being generated outside the UK.