6 Sep 2018 15:10
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Plus500 Limited
("Plus500" or "the Company")
Result of Sale of 9.39 million Existing Ordinary Shares in Plus500
Further to the announcement made earlier today, Plus500 Ltd. announces that the founders of the Company (the "Founders") have notified Plus500 that they have sold an aggregate of 9.39 million ordinary shares in the capital of the Company at a price of £15.50 per share raising aggregate gross proceeds of £145,545,000 for the Founders through Liberum Capital Limited ("Liberum"). The shares were sold at a discount of 2.27% to yesterday's closing price of £15.86.
The Founders have agreed not to sell any further ordinary shares they hold in the capital of the Company for a period of 90 days after completion of the transaction, subject to waiver by Liberum at its sole discretion.
Details of the number of shares sold by the Founders are as follows:
Resultant shareholding after Sale Shares have been sold | |||
Founder | Number of Shares Sold | Shares | % |
Alon Gonen1 | 5,100,000 | 3,391,539 | 2.98% |
Gal Haber2 | 1,200,000 | 1,805,457 | 1.59% |
Elad Ben-Izhak3 | 1,290,000 | 1,715,457 | 1.51% |
Omer Elazari | 900,000 | 928,683 | 0.82% |
Shlomi Weizmann | 900,000 | 928,683 | 0.82% |
Total | 9,390,000 | 8,769,819 | 7.70% |
(1) The shares are registered in the name of Sparta24 Ltd.
(2) The shares are registered in the name of Wavesoft Ltd.
(3) The shares are registered in the name of Smarty Ltd.
This announcement contains inside information as defined in Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation No. 596/2014 ("MAR").
Company website: www.plus500.com
For further details:
Plus500 Ltd
Elad Even-Chen, Chief Financial Officer
ir@Plus500.com
Tel: +972-4-8189503
Liberum
Clayton Bush, Christopher Britton, Josh Hughes, William Hall
www.liberum.com
Tel: 020 3100 2222
MHP Communications
Reg Hoare, Tim Rowntree, Kelsey Traynor
plus500@mhpc.com
Tel: 020 3128 8100
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
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a) | Name
| Alon Gonen1
1The shares are registered in the name of Sparta24 Ltd. | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification
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a) | Position/status
| PDMR
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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
| Plus500 Ltd. | ||||
b) | LEI
| 549300X8NGW9C5OJZU13
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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
Identification code
| Ordinary shares of NIS 0.01 par value
IL0011284465
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b) | Nature of the transaction
| Placing of ordinary shares by the company's founders | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s)
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d) | Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
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Not applicable - single transaction
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e) | Date of the transaction
| 6 September 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
| Gal Haber1
1The shares are registered in the name of Wavesoft Ltd. | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification
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a) | Position/status
| Managing Director
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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
| Plus500 Ltd. | ||||
b) | LEI
| 549300X8NGW9C5OJZU13
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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
Identification code
| Ordinary shares of NIS 0.01 par value
IL0011284465
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b) | Nature of the transaction
| Placing of ordinary shares by the company's founders | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s)
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d) | Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
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Not applicable - single transaction
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e) | Date of the transaction
| 6 September 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
| Elad Ben-Izhak 1
1The shares are registered in the name of Smarty Ltd. | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification
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a) | Position/status
| PDMR
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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
| Plus500 Ltd. | ||||
b) | LEI
| 549300X8NGW9C5OJZU13
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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
Identification code
| Ordinary shares of NIS 0.01 par value
IL0011284465
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b) | Nature of the transaction
| Placing of ordinary shares by the company's founders | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s)
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d) | Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
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Not applicable - single transaction
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e) | Date of the transaction
| 6 September 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
| Omer Elazari
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2 | Reason for the notification
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a) | Position/status
| PDMR
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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
| Plus500 Ltd. | ||||
b) | LEI
| 549300X8NGW9C5OJZU13
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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
Identification code
| Ordinary shares of NIS 0.01 par value
IL0011284465
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b) | Nature of the transaction
| Placing of ordinary shares by the company's founders | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s)
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d) | Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
|
Not applicable - single transaction
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e) | Date of the transaction
| 6 September 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
| Shlomi Weizmann
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2 | Reason for the notification
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a) | Position/status
| PDMR
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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
| Plus500 Ltd. | ||||
b) | LEI
| 549300X8NGW9C5OJZU13
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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
Identification code
| Ordinary shares of NIS 0.01 par value
IL0011284465
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b) | Nature of the transaction
| Placing of ordinary shares by the company's founders | ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s)
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d) | Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
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Not applicable - single transaction
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e) | Date of the transaction
| 6 September 2018 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange | ||||
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