Last checked at 15 Jan 2020 17:49
For immediate release
Focusrite plc
("the Company" or "the Group")
PDMR Dealings
Settlement of Share Options
Focusrite plc (AIM:TUNE), the global music and audio products company that trades under the Focusrite and Novation brands, announces that on 10 January 2020 Simon Holt, being a Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs"), exercised nominal cost options granted to him under the Company's Performance Share Plan and acquired ordinary shares of 0.1p each in the Company.
The options were granted on 24 November 2016 and became vested and exercisable as from 23 December 2019.
Exercised awards were settled in cash to the extent needed to cover the PDMR's liability to income tax and employee national insurance arising on the exercise of his award. The shares acquired by the PDMR represent the balance of his award.
Immediately following exercise, Simon Holt immediately transferred the full number of shares he acquired in connection with exercise to his spouse (the spouse being a person closely associated with the relevant PDMR) for nil consideration.
The information set out below is provided in accordance with the requirements of Article 19(3) of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014.
1 | Details of the persons discharging managerial responsibilities I person closely associated |
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a) | Name | Simon Holt |
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2 | Reason for the notification |
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a) | Position/status | Engineering Director |
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b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification |
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3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor |
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a) | Name | Focusrite plc |
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b) | LEI | 213800JJ51KA4LOTF736 |
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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 | Ordinary Shares of 0.1p each in Focusrite plc |
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Identification code | GB00BSBMW716 |
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b) | Nature of the transaction | Exercise of a nominal cost option under the Focusrite plc Performance Share Plan and acquisition of ordinary shares of 0.1p each in Focusrite plc (or, as to 47% of the acquired shares, cash in lieu of such shares). |
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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 | 10 January 2020 |
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f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue |
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4B | 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 | Ordinary Shares of 0.1p each in Focusrite plc | |||||
Identification code | GB00BSBMW716 | ||||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Transfer of shares to Lisa Hawley (spouse) for nil consideration | |||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | Not applicable - single transaction | |||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 10 January 2020 | |||||
f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | |||||
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Enquiries:
Focusrite plc: +44 1494 836301
Tim Carroll (CEO)
Jeremy Wilson (CFO)
Panmure Gordon (Nominated Adviser and Broker) +44 20 7886 2500
Freddy Crossley / Alina Vaskina
Erik Anderson
Belvedere Communications +44 20 3687 2756
John West
Llew Angus