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THE INFORMATION CONTAINED WITHIN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS DEEMED BY THE COMPANY TO CONSTITUTE INSIDE INFORMATION AS STIPULATED UNDER THE EU MARKET ABUSE REGULATION (596/2014). UPON THE PUBLICATION OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT VIA A REGULATORY INFORMATION SERVICE, THIS INFORMATION IS CONSIDERED TO BE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.
1 December 2017
Walker Crips Group plc
Director / PDMR Shareholdings
Walker Crips plc (the "Company") announces that it received notification on 1 December 2017 of the following transactions by connected persons of Lim Hua Min, Non-Executive Director, and Sean Lam, Group Chief Executive Officer, of the Company.
Lim Hua Min purchased 30,000 ordinary shares of 6 2/3 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") and 50,000 Ordinary Shares at a price of 42.3 pence per Ordinary Share through connected persons who are members of his family constituting a concert party for disclosure purposes ("Lim Hua Min's Connected Persons"). Following this notification, the total beneficial holding of Lim Hua Min's Connected Persons is 9,645,266 Ordinary Shares, representing 22.87% of the issued share capital of the Company.
Sean Lam purchased 20,000 ordinary shares of 6 2/3 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 42.3 pence per Ordinary Share. Following this notification, the total beneficial holding of Sean Lam is 472,545 Ordinary Shares, representing 1.12% of the issued share capital of the Company.
For further information contact:
Walker Crips Group plc +44 (0) 20 3100 8000
Bridgette Campbell, Media Relations
Cantor Fitzgerald Europe +44 (0) 20 7894 7000
Marc Milmo / Will Goode
The following notification is intended to satisfy the Company's obligations under Article 19(3) of EU Regulation No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation).
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | ||||||||||
a)
| Name
| Lim Hua Min | |||||||||
2 | Reason for the notification | ||||||||||
a)
| Position/status | Non-Executive Director | |||||||||
b) | Initial notification / Amendment | Initial Notification | |||||||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||||||||||
a)
| Name
| Walker Crips Group plc | |||||||||
b)
| LEI
| 213800T71F7VD5ANZI55 | |||||||||
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| 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 6 2/3 pence each ISIN: GB00B1YMRV88 | |||||||||
b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Purchase | |||||||||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s)
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d)
| Aggregated information
| Aggregated volume: 80,000 Aggregated amount: £33,874.00 | |||||||||
e)
| Date of the transaction | 30 November 2017 - Purchase of 30,000 ordinary shares 1 December 2017 - Purchase of 50,000 ordinary shares | |||||||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange | |||||||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
a)
| Name
| Sean Lam | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a)
| Position/status | Chief Executive Officer | ||||
b) | Initial notification / Amendment | Initial Notification | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a)
| Name
| Walker Crips Group plc | ||||
b)
| LEI
| 213800T71F7VD5ANZI55 | ||||
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| 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 6 2/3 pence each ISIN: GB00B1YMRV88 | ||||
b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Purchase | ||||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s)
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d)
| Aggregated information
| As above | ||||
e)
| Date of the transaction | 30 November 2017 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange | ||||