Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 0625B

Christie Group PLC

28 September 2022

 

28 September 2022

Christie Group plc

("Christie Group" or the "Company")

Director / PDMR Shareholding

Christie Group plc (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 27 September 2022, Mr Daniel Ronald Prickett, Chief Operating Officer, who is considered to be a person discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMR"), has exercised options over 50,000 Christie Group ordinary shares of 2 pence each which had an exercise price of 75.0 pence (the "Option Shares").  The Option Shares are existing shares held by the Christie Group plc 2007 Company Share Option Plan (the "CSOP") and have today been transferred to Mr Prickett by the Christie Group Employee Share Ownership Trust ("ESOT") in accordance with the terms of the CSOP.

Mr Prickett subsequently transferred 3,333 Christie Group plc ordinary shares of 2 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") to his wife, Mrs Lisa Marie Prickett, for nil consideration.

Mr Prickett and Mrs Prickett together immediately sold 50,000 Ordinary shares, back to the ESOT, at a price of 120.0 pence per share.

Mr Prickett retains options over a further 100,000 Ordinary Shares via a 2015 CSOP award, and a further 35,344 options for which Mr Prickett is contributing to the Christie Group Save As You Earn 5 year schemes.  

Accordingly, Mr Prickett's beneficial and non-beneficial holdings in the Company have remained the same at 75,000 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 0.28 per cent of the total voting rights of the Company.

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

Notification and public disclosures 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	Daniel Ronald Prickett
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Operating Officer
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		Options over Existing Ordinary Shares of 2 pence each  ISIN: GB0001953156
b)	Nature of the transaction		Exercise of Options
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)		Exercise Price No. of Options Exercised £0.75 50,000
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price		N/A
e)	Date of the transaction		27 September 2022
f)	Place of the transaction		Outside a trading venue

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Daniel Ronald Prickett
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Operating Officer
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 of Ordinary shares to his Spouse
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)		Price No. of Ordinary Shares Nil consideration 3,333
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price		N/A
e)	Date of the transaction		27 September 2022
f)	Place of the transaction		Outside a trading venue

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Daniel Ronald Prickett
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Operating Officer
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		Sale of Ordinary Shares to the Company's ESOT
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)		Price No. of shares £1.20 46,667
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price		N/A
e)	Date of the transaction		27 September 2022
f)	Place of the transaction		Outside a trading venue

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Lisa Marie Prickett
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Person Closely Associated to Daniel Prickett, Chief Operating Officer
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		Sale of Ordinary Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)		Price No. of shares £1.20 3,333
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price		N/A
e)	Date of the transaction		27 September 2022
f)	Place of the transaction		Outside a trading venue

For further information please contact:

Christie Group plc
David Rugg Chairman and Chief Executive	020 7227 0707
Simon Hawkins Group Finance Director	020 7227 0700
Shore Capital
Patrick Castle Nominated Advisor and Broker	020 7408 4090

Notes to Editors:

Christie Group plc, quoted on AIM, is a leading professional business services group with 38 offices across the UK and Europe, 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 valued services to client companies in agency, valuation services, investment, consultancy, project management, multi-functional trading systems and online ticketing services, stock audit and

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

 

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