Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 7013V

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

10 August 2020

 

10 August 2020

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (the "Company")

Director/PDMR Shareholding

Sale of shares following the vesting and exercise of options under the Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 2014 Performance Share Plan ("2014 PSP")

The Company announced on 31 July 2020 that the conditional share award granted in July 2017 under the 2014 PSP partly vested on 27 July 2020.

Nigel Newton, Chief Executive and PDMR, acquired 254,805 ordinary shares of 1.25 pence in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") (comprising 231,061 vested 2014 PSP shares and 23,744 dividend equivalent shares, both for nil consideration). Between 29 July and 3 August 2020, Mr Newton sold 120,069 Ordinary Shares at an average price of £2.1108 per share in order to fund the tax liability, National Insurance liability and administrative fees arising on vesting.

On 7 August 2020, Mr Newton sold an additional 299 Ordinary Shares at a price of £2.06 per share in order to fund outstanding administrative fees arising on vesting and retained the balance of 134,437 Ordinary Shares.

Following this transaction, Mr Newton (including persons closely associated) holds a total of 1,151,700 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 1.46% of the Company's issued share capital.

Notifications

The relevant notifications set out below are provided in accordance with the requirements of Article 19 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation.

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Nigel Newton
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Executive
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
b)	LEI	213800ZL2PEC4C6UOQ53
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
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	Ordinary Shares of 1.25p Each ISIN: GB0033147751
b)	Nature of the transaction	Sale of Ordinary Shares to settle administrative fees.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Date Price No. of shares 7 August 2020 £2.06 299
d)	Aggregated information -     Aggregated volume -  Aggregated price	299 shares £2.06
e)	Date of the transaction	7 August 2020
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

Enquiries:

Maya Abu-Deeb
Group General Counsel & Company Secretary
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Telephone:   [phone]

Email:  [e-mail]

 

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