Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 4607S
Christie Group PLC
16 March 2021
 

16 March 2021

 

 

Christie Group plc

("Christie Group" or the "Company")

 

PDMR notification

 

Christie Group plc (AIM: CTG.L), the leading provider of Professional & Financial Services and Stock & Inventory Systems & Services to the hospitality, leisure, healthcare, medical, childcare & education and retail sectors, has been notified that on 12 March 2021, 3,079,607 Christie Group plc ordinary shares of 2 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") were transferred out of The Gwyn 1985 Accumulation Trust ("the Trust") into the following individual beneficial owners:

 

· 1,026,535 shares to Hwfa Gwyn. This holding represents 3.87% of Christie Group plc shares

· 1,026,536 shares to Katherine Gwyn. This holding represents 3.87% of Christie Group plc shares

· 1,026,536 shares to Christina Bretten. This holding represents 3.87% of Christie Group plc shares

 

The remaining holding of the Trust of 1,026,536 shares, will remain in the Trust for Anna Ross. The current trustees, excluding Anna Ross and her husband, retired on 12 March 2021, with Anna Ross as the primary beneficiary of the continuing trust. This holding represents 3.87% of Christie Group plc shares.

 

Hwfa Gwyn is considered to be a person discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMR"). All other parties are considered to be connected to Hwfa Gwyn and the significant shareholder Mr Philip Gwyn.

 

Accordingly, the total Gwyn family holding remains unchanged, representing approximately 43.41 per cent of the total voting rights of the Company.

 

The notification below, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, provides further detail. 

 

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

a)

Name

Hwfa Gwyn

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

Non-executive Director

b)

Initial notification/ Amendment

Initial Notification

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Christie Group plc

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 2 pence each

ISIN: GB0001953156

 

b)

Nature of the transaction

Transfer from beneficial interest via trust to direct ownership


c)


Price(s) and volume(s)

 

  Price

No. of shares

£0.00

1,026,535

 

d)

Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price


1,026,535 shares
£0.00

e)

Date of the transaction

2021-03-12

f)

Place of the transaction

n/a

       

 

For further information please contact:

Christie Group plc
Daniel Prickett, Chief Operating Officer  020 7227 0700

 

Charlotte French, Company Secretary  020 7227 0700

 

Shore Capital - Nominated Advisor & Broker

Antonio Bossi                                                                                                              020 7408 4090

 

About Christie Group:
 

Christie Group plc, quoted on AIM, is a leading professional business services group with 43 offices across the UK, Europe and Canada, catering to its specialist markets in the hospitality, leisure, healthcare, medical, childcare & education and retail sectors.

 

Christie Group operates in two complementary business divisions: Professional & Financial Services (PFS) and Stock & Inventory Systems & Services (SISS). These divisions trade under the brand names: PFS - Christie & Co, Pinders, Christie Finance and Christie Insurance: SISS - Orridge, Venners and Vennersys.

 

Tracing its origins back to 1846, the Group has a long-established reputation for offering essential services to client companies in agency, valuation services, investment, consultancy, project management, multi-functional trading systems and online ticketing services, stock audit and inventory management. The diversity of these services provides a natural balance to the Group's core agency business.

 

For more information, please go to www.christiegroup.com.

 

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