25 May 2018 07:00
CHURCHILL CHINA plc
("Churchill China" or the "Company")
PDMR dealing, share buyback and total voting rights
Churchill China plc (AIM: CHH), the manufacturer of innovative performance ceramic products serving hospitality markets worldwide, announces that on 24 May 2018 certain PDMRs undertook the following transactions in the ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares"):
Number of options exercised | Number of Ordinary Shares sold | Resultant Interest in Ordinary Shares | Resultant Interest in Ordinary Shares (%) | ||
David O'Connor | Chief Executive Officer | 16,804 | 13,804 | 51,520 | 0.47 |
David Taylor | Finance Director | 14,123 | 13,123 | 61,555 | 0.56 |
James Roper | Sales and Marketing Director | Nil | 24,000 | 1,010,835 | 9.21 |
The exercise of the share options has been satisfied by the transfer of 30,927 Ordinary Shares out of Treasury.
In addition, the Company bought 20,000 Ordinary Shares at a price of 940p per Ordinary Share, to be held in Treasury.
Total voting rights
Following the above transaction the Company holds 56,922 Ordinary shares in Treasury and its share capital now consists of 11,030,172 Ordinary Shares. Therefore, the total number of voting rights is 10,973,250.
The figure of 10,973,250 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Churchill China plc under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules
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
| David O'Connor | |||
2
| Reason for the notification
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a)
| Position/status
| Chief Executive 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
| Churchill China plc | |||
b)
| LEI
| 213800GQ51I4LZQ5AR09 | |||
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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 | Ordinary shares of 10 pence each | |||
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Identification code | GB0001961035 | ||||
b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Exercise of options to acquire Ordinary Shares | |||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| Exercise price(s) | Volume(s) |
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| 10 pence | 16,804 |
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d)
| Aggregated information | n/a | |||
- Aggregated volume | |||||
- Price | |||||
e)
| Date of the transaction
| 24 May 2018 | |||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| Off market | |||
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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 | Ordinary shares of 10 pence each | |||
Identification code | GB0001961035 | ||||
b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Sale of Ordinary Shares | |||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| Price(s) | Volume(s) |
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| 940 pence | 13,804 |
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d)
| Aggregated information | n/a | |||
- Aggregated volume | |||||
- Price | |||||
e)
| Date of the transaction
| 24 May 2018 | |||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| London Stock Exchange | |||
1
| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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a)
| Name
| David Taylor | |||
2
| Reason for the notification
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a)
| Position/status
| Finance Director | |||
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
| Churchill China plc | |||
b)
| LEI
| 213800GQ51I4LZQ5AR09 | |||
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 10 pence each | |||
Identification code | GB0001961035 | ||||
b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Exercise of options to acquire Ordinary Shares | |||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| Exercise price(s) | Volume(s) |
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| 10 pence | 14,123 |
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d)
| Aggregated information | n/a | |||
- Aggregated volume | |||||
- Price | |||||
e)
| Date of the transaction
| 24 May 2018 | |||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| Off market | |||
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 10 pence each | |||
Identification code | GB0001961035 | ||||
b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Sale of Ordinary Shares | |||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| Price(s) | Volume(s) |
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| 940 pence | 13,123 |
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d)
| Aggregated information | n/a | |||
- Aggregated volume | |||||
- Price | |||||
e)
| Date of the transaction
| 24 May 2018 | |||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| London Stock Exchange | |||
1
| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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a)
| Name
| James Roper | |||
2
| Reason for the notification
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a)
| Position/status
| Sales and Marketing Director | |||
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
| Churchill China plc | |||
b)
| LEI
| 213800GQ51I4LZQ5AR09 | |||
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 10 pence each | |||
Identification code | GB0001961035 | ||||
b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Sale of Ordinary Shares | |||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| Price(s) | Volume(s) |
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| 940 pence | 24,000 |
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d)
| Aggregated information | n/a | |||
- Aggregated volume | |||||
- Price | |||||
e)
| Date of the transaction
| 24 May 2018 | |||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| London Stock Exchange | |||
For further information, please contact:
Churchill China plc | Tel: 01782 577566 |
David O'Connor / David Taylor | |
Buchanan | Tel: 020 7466 5000 |
Mark Court / Sophie Wills / Gemma Mostyn-Owen | |
N+1 Singer | |
Richard Lindley | Tel: 020 7496 3000 |
Churchill China (CHH)