PDMR Dealing

RNS Number : 3424W

Cornerstone FS PLC

17 August 2022

 

17 August 2022

Cornerstone FS plc

("Cornerstone" or "the Company" or "the Group")

PDMR Dealing

Cornerstone FS plc (AIM: CSFS), the cloud-based provider of international payment, currency risk management and electronic account services to SMEs, announced on 4 August 2022 that, in addition to a proposed placing, it had agreed to vary certain share incentive arrangements.  This involved the issue of new ordinary shares in the capital of Cornerstone ("CSFS Shares") equivalent to 9.9% (the maximum percentage holding allowed for a regulated payment services company without the prior consent of the FCA) of the enlarged issued share capital of the Company, following the issue and allotment of new ordinary shares pursuant to the Placing, at a price of 10p per share, to Rob O'Brien, the Group's Chief Operating Officer. Consequently, Mr O'Brien was issued with 4,286,818 CSFS Shares, which represents 9.9% of the issued share capital of the Company; these shares were admitted to trading, along with the new ordinary shares from the Placing, on 12 August 2022.  The balance of 5,113,182 new ordinary shares in the Company, due to be issued to Mr O'Brien under this variation will require FCA consent for him to own more than 10% of the issued share capital of the Company, as previously explained.  The Company is now seeking that consent.

As previously announced, Mr O'Brien's shares are subject to a 12-month lock-in from the date of issue and, for a further period of 12 months thereafter, the disposal of any interests in the shares can only be effected on an orderly market basis through the Company's brokers.

Further announcements will therefore be made as appropriate.

Enquiries

Cornerstone FS plc	[phone]
Elliott Mannis , Non-Executive Chairman Judy Happe, Chief Financial Officer
SPARK Advisory Partners Limited (Nomad)	[phone]
Mark Brady, A dam Dawes
SP Angel Corporate Finance LLP (Broker)	[phone]
Jeff Keating, Harry Davies-Ball
G racechurch Group (Financial PR)	[phone]
Harry Chathli, Claire Norbury

About Cornerstone FS plc

Cornerstone FS plc is a payments focused fintech business that makes managing currency simple for SMEs. It provides international payment, currency risk management and electronic account services using a proprietary cloud-based multi-currency payments platform. These services are delivered directly and via white label partners on a SaaS basis to UK-based SMEs that engage in international trade. Cornerstone also serves some high-net worth individual clients.

Headquartered in the City of London with offices in Tunbridge Wells and Dubai, Cornerstone is admitted to trading on AIM under the trading symbol 'CSFS'. For more information, please visit www.cornerstonefs.com .

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	Robert (Rob) O'Brien
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	Cornerstone FS plc
b)	LEI	213800O41L2RXZ2BZ956
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	Ordinary shares of 1 penny each
	Identification code	GB00BNG7CD28
b)	Nature of the transaction	Issue of Equity
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
			Price(s)	Volume(s)
			10 pence	4,286,818
d)	Aggregated information
	- Aggregated volume	n/a
	- Price
e)	Date of the transaction	12 August 2022
f)	Place of the transaction	Off market

 

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