Last checked at 27 Jul 2018 08:56
For immediate release 27 July 2018
STAFFLINE GROUP PLC
("Staffline" or "the Company")
Vesting and Sale of interests in 2013 Joint Share Ownership Plan ("JSOP")
Staffline, the Recruitment and Training group announces today that, in relation to its 2013 JSOP, all earnings per share and total shareholder return targets have been met in full and that on 30 June 2018, 1,175,000 ordinary shares of 10p in the Company ("JSOP Shares") vested.
The JSOP rules require that that the Employee Benefit Trust ("EBT") sell all vested JSOP Shares for the benefit of the plan participant. Accordingly, the EBT has sold JSOP Shares for the benefit of the following Directors and PDMR's:
Director/PDMR | Position | JSOP Shares sold |
Martina McKenzie | PDMR - Managing director Ireland division | 40,000 |
Mark Underwood | PDMR - Managing director Recruitment division | 40,000 |
Craig Glover | PDMR - Food director Recruitment division | 40,000 |
Lee Garner | PDMR - Sales director Recruitment division | 40,000 |
James Davies | PDMR - Agriculture director Recruitment division | 40,000 |
The JSOP Shares were held by Staffline's EBT, so no new shares are required to be issued.
Following the sale, the number of shares held by Staffline's EBT is 1,140,400 ordinary shares, or 4.08% of the 27,944,389 ordinary shares in issue.
Details of each transaction can be found in the Annex pages that follow.
For further information, please contact: |
Staffline Group plc www.stafflinegroupplc.co.uk |
Chris Pullen, Chief Executive Officer 07786 265344 |
Michael Watts, Group Chief Financial Officer 07970 215262 |
investors@staffline.co.uk
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Liberum NOMAD and Joint Broker www.liberum.com |
Steve Pearce / Joshua Hughes 020 3100 2222 |
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Berenberg Joint Broker www.berenberg.com |
Chris Bowman / Toby Flaux 020 3207 7800 |
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Buchanan PR and Communications www.buchanan.uk.com |
Richard Oldworth / Jamie Hooper / Madeleine Seacombe 020 7466 5000 |
staffline@buchanan.uk.com
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About Staffline - Recruitment, Training and Support
Enabling the Future of Work™
Staffline is the UK's market leading recruitment and training group. It has two divisions:
Recruitment Division
The UK's leading provider of flexible blue-collar workers, supplying over 60,000 staff per day to c. 1,500 private sector clients, across a wide range of industries including agriculture, drinks, driving, food processing, logistics and manufacturing. It operates from over 400 locations in UK, Eire and Poland.
Its world leading Customer Experience platform provides optimised customer-based staffing management solutions whilst providing market-leading levels of job satisfaction for workers.
PeoplePlus Division
The leading adult skills and training provider in the UK, delivering apprenticeships, adult education, prison education and skills-based employability programmes across the country.
Education and Training - market leading provider of training courses for private sector Apprenticeships (both Levy and non-Levy) and Government funded Adult Skills programmes.
Employability - top quartile performer, supporting Government programmes providing back-to-work education and support services to the unemployed.
Justice and Community - education and training services for prisoners and ex-offenders, as well as individual support services for carers and people with disabilities, both at home and in the work place
ANNEX
The following notifications are intended to satisfy the Company's obligations under Article 19(3) of EU Regulation No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation).
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
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a) | Name
| Martina McKenzie | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification
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a) | Position/status
| PDMR - Managing director Ireland division | ||||
b) | Initial notification/ Amendment
| INITIAL NOTIFICATION | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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a) | Name
| STAFFLINE GROUP PLC | ||||
b) | LEI
| 213800BVLF1BCOJUH828 | ||||
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
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a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code
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ORDINARY SHARES OF 10P EACH
GB00B040L800 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction
| Sale of JSOP Shares jointly held with the Company's EBT | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s)
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d) | Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
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NOT APPLICABLE - SINGLE TRANSACTION
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e) | Date of the transaction
| 26 JULY 2018 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction
| LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE | ||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
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a) | Name
| Mark Underwood | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification
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a) | Position/status
| PDMR - Managing director Recruitment division | ||||
b) | Initial notification/ Amendment
| INITIAL NOTIFICATION | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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a) | Name
| STAFFLINE GROUP PLC | ||||
b) | LEI
| 213800BVLF1BCOJUH828 | ||||
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
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a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code
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ORDINARY SHARES OF 10P EACH
GB00B040L800 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction
| Sale of JSOP Shares jointly held with the Company's EBT | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s)
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d) | Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
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NOT APPLICABLE - SINGLE TRANSACTION
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e) | Date of the transaction
| 26 JULY 2018 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction
| LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE | ||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
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a) | Name
| Craig Glover | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification
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a) | Position/status
| PDMR - Food director Recruitment division | ||||
b) | Initial notification/ Amendment
| INITIAL NOTIFICATION | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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a) | Name
| STAFFLINE GROUP PLC | ||||
b) | LEI
| 213800BVLF1BCOJUH828 | ||||
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
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a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code
|
ORDINARY SHARES OF 10P EACH
GB00B040L800 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction
| Sale of JSOP Shares jointly held with the Company's EBT | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s)
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d) | Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
|
NOT APPLICABLE - SINGLE TRANSACTION
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e) | Date of the transaction
| 26 JULY 2018 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction
| LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE | ||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
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a) | Name
| Lee Garner | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification
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a) | Position/status
| PDMR - Sales director Recruitment division | ||||
b) | Initial notification/ Amendment
| INITIAL NOTIFICATION | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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a) | Name
| STAFFLINE GROUP PLC | ||||
b) | LEI
| 213800BVLF1BCOJUH828 | ||||
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
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a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code
|
ORDINARY SHARES OF 10P EACH
GB00B040L800 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction
| Sale of JSOP Shares jointly held with the Company's EBT | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s)
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d) | Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
|
NOT APPLICABLE - SINGLE TRANSACTION
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e) | Date of the transaction
| 26 JULY 2018 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction
| LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE | ||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
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a) | Name
| James Davies | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification
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a) | Position/status
| PDMR - Agriculture director Recruitment division | ||||
b) | Initial notification/ Amendment
| INITIAL NOTIFICATION | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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a) | Name
| STAFFLINE GROUP PLC | ||||
b) | LEI
| 213800BVLF1BCOJUH828 | ||||
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
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a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code
|
ORDINARY SHARES OF 10P EACH
GB00B040L800 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction
| Sale of JSOP Shares jointly held with the Company's EBT | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s)
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d) | Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
|
NOT APPLICABLE - SINGLE TRANSACTION
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e) | Date of the transaction
| 26 JULY 2018 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction
| LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE | ||||