23 Jun 2017 16:12
James Halstead plc 23 June 2017
("James Halstead" or the "Company")
(AIM:JHD)
PDMR Exercise of Share Options
James Halstead plc (AIM: JHD) announces that on 23 June 2017 the Company issued 60,000 ordinary shares of 5 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") following the exercise of share options under the James Halstead Share Option Plan by Geoffrey Halstead, Chairman and a PDMR of the Company, at an exercise price of 105.25 pence per share.
Mr Halstead retained beneficial ownership of the new Ordinary Shares.
Following the issue of the new Ordinary Shares, the number of Ordinary Shares in issue will increase to 207,864,608.
For the purpose of the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules ("DTRs"), the issued ordinary share capital of the Company following this allotment consists of 207,864,608 Ordinary shares with voting rights attached. There are no Shares held in treasury.
This total voting rights figure 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, James Halstead under the DTRs.
The notification set out below, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulations, provides further detail.
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | ||||||
a) | Name | Mr Geoffrey Halstead |
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2 | Reason for the notification | ||||||
a) | Position/status | Classified as PDMRs of the Company |
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| Initial notification /Amendment | Initial Notification |
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| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||||||
a) | Name | James Halstead plc |
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b) | LEI | 213800C8FFBYV06UL498 |
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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 5p each
GB00B0LS8535 |
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b) | Nature of the transaction | Exercise of Share Options |
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| Price(s) and volume(s)
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
60,000 105.25p
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e) | Date of the transaction | 23 June 2017 |
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f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange - AIM |
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Name of authorised official of issuer responsible for making notification:
David Drillingcourt, Company Secretary to James Halstead plc
James Halstead (JHD)