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31 Oct 2014 15:30
AIM: WYN
Wynnstay Group plc
(the "Company")
Scrip Dividend Elections and Total Voting Rights
Scrip Dividend Elections
The Company announces that elections to accept the scrip dividend alternative with regard to the interim dividend for the year ended 31 October 2014 paid on 31 October 2014 were received from the holders of 3,897,655 ordinary shares of 25p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares"), in aggregate, representing approximately 20.5% of the Ordinary Shares in issue on 26 September 2014, being the record date for the interim dividend. Accordingly, 22,547 new Ordinary Shares have been issued in satisfaction of such elections at an equivalent price of £5.888 each. The additional cost to the Company of the interim dividend paid in cash amounts to approximately £515,184 in total.
In the scrip issue, the following directors of the Company received new Ordinary Shares in lieu of cash dividends:
Name | No. of new Ordinary Shares | New shareholding | % of enlarged Ordinary Share capital |
Mr D.A.T. Evans | 111 | 19,260 | 0.10% |
Lord Carlile | 192 | 33,421 | 0.17% |
Application has been made for the 22,547 new Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM. Dealings are expected to commence on 6 November 2014.
Total Voting Rights
In accordance with the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules, the Company wishes to notify the market of the following:
The Company's issued share capital and total voting rights (following the transactions above) comprises 19,108,419 Ordinary Shares. No shares were held in treasury at the date of this announcement. The total number of current voting rights in the Company is therefore 19,108,419.
The above figure (19,108,419 Ordinary Shares) is the figure which may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculation by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company.
The Company also wishes to notify the market that during October 2014, the Company granted 409,000 new options to acquire Ordinary Shares ("Options") under the Company's existing employee share schemes to certain employees of the Company (who are not directors of the Company), as shown in the table below.
Scheme Name |
No. Options granted |
Exercise Period |
Exercise Price / Share |
Approved CSOP 2013 | 231,225 | Oct 2017 - Sep 2024 | £5.475 |
Unapproved | 141,775 | Oct 2017 - Sep 2024 | £5.475 |
LTIP 2008 | 36,000 | Oct 2017 - Apr 2018 | £0.25 |
For further details please contact:
Wynnstay Group plc | Ken Greetham, Chief Executive Paul Roberts, Finance Director | T: 01691 827142
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KTZ Communications | Katie Tzouliadis / Deborah Walter | T: 020 3178 6378 |
Shore Capital (Joint Broker) | Stephane Auton / Patrick Castle | T: 020 7408 4090 |
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