1 Aug 2018 16:51
NOTIFICATION AND PUBLIC DISCLOSURE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE EU MARKET ABUSE REGULATION OF TRANSACTIONS BY PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND PERSONS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THEM
Joules Group plc
Director / PDMR transaction
Joules Group plc ("Joules" or "the Company") announces today that on 30 July 2018, Marc Dench, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, exercised options that were awarded in May 2016, at the time of the Company's admission to AIM, that vested on 27 May 2018. Options over 312,500 ordinary shares of £0.01 each ("Ordinary Shares") were exercised with an exercise price of £1.60. The exercise was completed on a net-settlement basis, resulting in the issue of 163,246 Ordinary Shares. As part of the same transaction Marc Dench, sold 78,493 Ordinary Shares to cover the income tax liability and national insurance liability arising due to the gain on exercise of the options.
Director | Position | Holding pre-exercise | Net-change in ordinary shares | Holding post-exercise | Holding % ISC |
Marc Dench | Chief Financial Officer | 53,263 | 84,753 | 138,016 | 0.16% |
The below notifications, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, give further detail.
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PDMR notification - Marc Dench
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1. Details of the Restricted Person / person closely associated with him or her
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a) Name | Marc Dench | ||
2. Reason for the notification |
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a. Position/status
| Chief Financial Officer | ||
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 | Joules Group plc | ||
b. LEI | 213800BNGLSIPD111Y68 | ||
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 1p each in the capital of Joules Group plc | ||
b) Identification code | ISIN GB00BZ059357 | ||
c) Nature of the transaction | Exercise of options and disposal of shares to fund the associated income tax and national insurance liability
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d) Price(s) and volume(s) | Exercise of options Volume(s) 163,246 Price(s) £nil
Sale of shares to cover tax and national insurance Volume(s) 78,493 Price(s) £3.25
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e) Aggregated information: i. Aggregated volume ii. Price | N/a | ||
f) Date of the transaction | 30-07-2018 | ||
g) Place of the transaction |
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Enquiries:
Joules Group plc | Tel: +44 (0) 1858 435 255 |
Colin Porter, CEO Marc Dench, CFO
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Peel Hunt LLP (Nominated Advisor and joint broker) | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7418 8900 |
Dan Webster George Sellar
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Liberum Capital Limited (joint broker) | Tel: +44 (0) 20 3100 2000 |
John Fishley Joshua Hughes
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Hudson Sandler (Public Relations) | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7796 4133 |
Alex Brennan Lucy Wollam |
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