22 Jul 2020 10:50
22 July 2020
AIM: UNG.L
Universe Group plc
("Universe", the "Company" or the "Group")
Exercise of Options, PDMR Dealing & Total Voting Rights
Universe Group plc (AIM:UNG.L), a leading developer and supplier of retail management solutions, payment and loyalty systems, announces that following an exercise of options over ordinary shares by Malcolm Coster, Non-Executive Director (the "Exercise"), application has been made for 875,000 new ordinary shares of 1p each ("Ordinary Shares") in the Company to be admitted to trading on AIM on 28 July 2020 ("Admission"). The exercise price of each option was 1p. Following the Exercise, Malcolm Coster holds 2,444,111 Ordinary Shares being 0.94% of the Company's enlarged share capital. The new Ordinary Shares will rank pari passu with the Company's existing Ordinary Shares.
Following Admission, a total of 9,328,000 options over Ordinary Shares (representing approximately 3.57 per cent. of the Company's enlarged issued share capital) remain outstanding.
Total Voting Rights
Following Admission, the Company's issued share capital will be 261,066,720 Ordinary Shares. This figure of 261,066,720 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
For further information:
Universe Group plc Andrew Blazye, Non-Executive Chairman Jeremy Lewis, Chief Executive Officer Daryl Paton, Chief Financial Officer
finnCap Henrik Persson (Corporate Finance) Matthew Radley (Corporate Finance) Richard Chambers (ECM)
IFC Advisory Tim Metcalfe Graham Herring Florence Chandler | Tel: +44 2380 689 510
Tel: +44 20 7220 0500
Tel: +44 20 3934 6630
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About Universe Group plc:
Universe provides some of the world's leading retailers with retail management solutions, payment and loyalty systems. The Group's solutions are based on its own proprietary software and are offered out of the cloud on a software as a service model with its data centers processing over 15 billion transactions every year. For further information, please see www.universe-group.co.uk
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 | |||||
a) | Name | Malcolm Coster | ||||
2. | Reason for the Notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | Non-Executive Director | ||||
b) | Initial notification/Amendment |
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3. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Universe Group plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 213800YEBEDVKK4EDE08 | ||||
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 |
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Identification code | GB0009483594 | |||||
b) | Nature of the transaction |
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c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information: · Aggregated volume · Price |
N/A
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e) | Date of the transaction | 22 July 2020 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | Outside of trading venue | ||||