Last checked at 3 May 2023 17:45
3 May 2023
Trident Royalties Plc
("Trident" or the "Company")
Director Share Purchase
The Company announces that Paul Smith, Non-Executive Chairman, has today purchased 32,500 ordinary shares of £0.01 ("Ordinary Shares") on market at an average price of 47 pence per Ordinary Share.
Following this share purchase, Paul Smith holds 4,288,968 Ordinary Shares representing approximately 1.47 per cent of the Company's voting rights.
Further details of the share purchase are set out in the PDMR form below which has been made in accordance with the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 which is part of UK law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.
PDMR Notifications
Notification of Transactions of Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility and Persons Closely Associated with them:
1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||||||
a. | Name | Paul Smith | ||||||||
2. | Reason for the notification | |||||||||
a. | Position/status | Non-executive Chairman | ||||||||
b. | Initial notification/Amendment | Initial Notification | ||||||||
3. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||||||
a. | Name | Trident Royalties Plc | ||||||||
b. | LEI | 213800V6U8KJ7U2BV956 | ||||||||
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 Identification code | Ordinary Shares of £0.01 each GB00BF7J2535 | ||||||||
b. | Nature of the transaction | Purchase of Ordinary Shares | ||||||||
c. | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d. | Aggregated information ·Aggregated volume ·Price |
32,500 46.97p | ||||||||
e. | Date of the transaction | 3 May 2023 | ||||||||
f. | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange's AIM Market (XLON) | ||||||||
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Contact details:
Trident Royalties Plc Adam Davidson / Richard Hughes | www.tridentroyalties.com +1 (757) 208-5171 / +44 7967 589997 |
Grant Thornton (Nominated Adviser) Colin Aaronson / Samantha Harrison / Samuel Littler | www.grantthornton.co.uk +44 020 7383 5100 |
Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited (Joint Broker) Callum Stewart / Ashton Clanfield | www.stifelinstitutional.com +44 20 7710 7600 |
Liberum Capital Limited (Joint Broker) Scott Mathieson / Cara Murphy | www.liberum.com +44 20 3100 2184 |
Tamesis Partners LLP (Joint Broker) Richard Greenfield | www.tamesispartners.com +44 20 3882 2868 |
St Brides Partners Ltd (Financial PR & IR) Susie Geliher / Catherine Leftley | www.stbridespartners.co.uk +44 20 7236 1177 |
About Trident
Trident is a growth-focused, diversified mining royalty and streaming company, providing investors with exposure to a mix of base and precious metals, bulk materials (excluding thermal coal) and battery metals.
Key highlights of Trident's strategy include:
· Building a royalty and streaming portfolio to broadly mirror the commodity exposure of the global mining sector (excluding thermal coal) with a bias towards production or near-production assets, differentiating Trident from the majority of peers which are exclusively, or heavily weighted, to precious metals;
· Acquiring royalties and streams in resource-friendly jurisdictions worldwide, while most competitors have portfolios focused on North and South America;
· Targeting attractive small-to-mid size transactions which are often ignored in a sector dominated by large players;
· Active deal-sourcing which, in addition to writing new royalties and streams, will focus on the acquisition of assets held by natural sellers, such as: closed-end funds, prospect generators, junior and mid-tier miners holding royalties as non-core assets, and counterparties seeking to monetise packages of royalties and streams which are otherwise undervalued by the market;
· Maintaining a low-overhead model which is capable of supporting a larger scale business without a commensurate increase in operating costs; and
· Leveraging the experience of management, the board of directors, and Trident's adviser team, all of whom have deep industry connections and strong transactional experience across multiple commodities and jurisdictions.
The acquisition and aggregation of individual royalties and streams is expected to deliver strong returns for shareholders as assets are acquired on terms reflective of single asset risk compared with the lower risk profile of a diversified, larger scale portfolio. Further value is expected to be delivered by the introduction of conservative levels of leverage through debt. Once scale has been achieved, strong cash generation is expected to support an attractive dividend policy, providing investors with a desirable mix of inflation protection, growth and income.