6 Apr 2017 14:00
6 April 2017
SysGroup plc
("SysGroup" or the "Company" or the "Group")
Grant of Options and Director/PDMR Disclosure
SysGroup plc (AIM: SYS), the managed services and cloud integrator, announces that it has awarded options over a total of 125,000 ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company ("Options") to Julian Llewellyn, Chief Financial Officer. The Options were granted on Mr Llewellyn's appointment to the Board, being today 6 April 2017.
The Options were granted under an EMI Option Contract and at an exercise price of 47.5p per share (being the mid-market closing price yesterday, 5 April 2016). The Options will vest two years from the grant date or earlier on an exit event subject to Mr Llewellyn remaining employed by the Group.
Following the grant of the options Julian Llewellyn holds options over 125,000 Ordinary Shares. Julian Llewellyn does not currently hold any Ordinary Shares in the Company.
The notification below, made in accordance with the requirements of the Market Abuse Regulation, provide further detail.
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them
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| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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a)
| Name
| Julian David Llewellyn
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| Reason for the notification
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a)
| Position/status
| Chief Financial Officer
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b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial notification | ||||
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| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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a)
| Name
| SysGroup Plc | ||||
b)
| LEI
| 213800D18GPZZJR9SH55 | ||||
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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
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a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code
| Options over Ordinary Shares
ISIN: GB00BYT18182
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b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Grant of EMI options | ||||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s)
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d)
| Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
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N/a
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e)
| Date of the transaction
| 06 April 2017 | ||||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| N/a | ||||
For further information please contact:
SysGroup plc Chris Evans, CEO Julian Llewellyn, CFO
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Tel: 0151 559 1777
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Shore Capital (Nomad and Broker) Bidhi Bhoma / Edward Mansfield
| Tel: 020 7408 4090 | ||
Alma PR (Financial PR) Josh Royston / Hilary Buchanan / Helena Bogle
| Tel: 020 8004 4218 |
About SysGroup
SysGroup is a leading provider of Cloud Hosting, Managed Services and expert IT Consultancy. The Group delivers solutions that ensure clients understand and benefit from industry-leading technologies and advanced hosting capabilities. The SysGroup team focuses on a customer's strategic and operational requirements - enabling them to free up resources, grow their core business and avoid the distractions and complexity of delivering IT services.
The Group has offices in Liverpool, Coventry, London and East Sussex.
For more information, visit http://www.sysgroup.com
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