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Majestic Wine PLC
21 June 2019
For Immediate Release
21 June 2019
Majestic Wine PLC
("Majestic")
Issue of deferred consideration shares
Director/PDMR Shareholdings
The Board of Majestic Wine PLC are pleased to announce that Naked Wines has again met in full the Return on Investment performance conditions relating to the deferred contingent consideration for the third, and final, year of the acquisition earn-out period.
In line with the timing and amounts outlined in the 2015 acquisition agreement, 331,163 new ordinary shares of 7.5p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") have now been issued to 39 members of Naked Wines management through an Employee Benefit Trust.
Two PDMR's (Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities) are included in the 39 members of the management team and have notified the Company of the following transactions, to cover tax and national insurance liabilities:
Name | Title | Number of Ordinary Shares awarded | Number of Ordinary Shares sold to cover tax liabilities | Sale price per Ordinary Share | Total number of Ordinary Shares held |
Eamon Fitzgerald | Managing Director Naked Wines UK | 70,547 | 33,233 | £2.249 | 105,193 |
Greg Banbury | Managing Director Naked Wines Australia | 32,707 | Nil | Nil | 41,232 |
In addition, following the satisfaction of performance criteria, an additional third of the following PDMR's consideration shares that were issued at the time of the acquisition in 2015 but were restricted from being traded, have now become unrestricted:
Name | Title | Number of Ordinary Shares unrestricted | Total number of Ordinary Shares held |
Greg Banbury | Managing Director Naked Wines Australia | 8,106 | 41,232 |
The notifications below are provided in accordance with the requirements of Article 19 of the EU Market Abuse Regulations.
For further information, please contact:
Majestic Wine PLC Rowan Gormley, Chief Executive Officer James Crawford, Chief Financial Officer
| Tel: 01923 298 200 Investor.relations@majestic.co.uk
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Investec (NOMAD & Broker) David Flin / Carlton Nelson / David Anderson | Tel: 0207 597 5970 |
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Instinctif Partners (PR Agency) Damian Reece
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Tel: 0207 457 2020 |
MAJESTIC WINE PLC
DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
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a) | Name
| Eamon Fitzgerald | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification
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a) | Position/status
| Managing Director, Naked Wines UK | ||||
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
| Majestic Wine PLC | ||||
b) | LEI
| 213800IYPFIRRQQE9R62 | ||||
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 7.5p
GB00B021F836 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction
| 1) Vesting of Naked Wines acquisition incentive award shares 2) Sale of Ordinary Shares to meet tax and National Insurance liabilities | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
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1) 33,233
2) GBP2.749 | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction
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18 June 2019 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction
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London Stock Exchange (XLON); AIM Market | ||||
MAJESTIC WINE PLC
DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDING
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
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a) | Name
| Greg Banbury | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification
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a) | Position/status
| Managing Director, Naked Wines Australia | ||||
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
| Majestic Wine PLC | ||||
b) | LEI
| 213800IYPFIRRQQE9R62 | ||||
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 7.5p
GB00B021F836 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction
| 1) Vesting of Naked Wines acquisition incentive award shares | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s)
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| ||||
d) | Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
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1) Nil
2) Nil | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction
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18 June 2019 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction
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London Stock Exchange (XLON); AIM Market | ||||