Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 2078V

Curtis Banks Group PLC

12 April 2021

 

12 April 2021

Curtis Banks Group plc

 ("Curtis Banks", the "Company")

Director/PDMR Shareholding, AIM Admission and Total Voting Rights

AIM Admission and Total Voting Rights

Curtis Banks Group Plc (AIM:CBP) announces that an application has been made to AIM and the London Stock Exchange ("LSE") for an admission of 465,000 ordinary shares of 0.5 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares"). The Ordinary Shares will be issued pursuant to the exercise of James Scott's employee share options under the approved and unapproved EMI Option Schemes.

The Ordinary Shares will be issued credited as fully paid and will rank pari passu in all respects with the existing ordinary shares. It is expected that such admission will become effective on 14 April 2021.

Upon admission the Company's issued share capital will consist of 66,879,312 Ordinary Shares. There are no Ordinary Shares held in Treasury.

The above figure may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the FCA Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

PDMR Dealing

Further to the AIM admission referenced above, the Company announces that it was notified that a sale took place of 465,000 Ordinary Shares by a PDMR, James Scott, at an average price of 264.1 pence per Ordinary Share. The shares were issued pursuant to the exercise of James Scott's employee share options under the approved and unapproved EMI Option Schemes.

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

1	Details of PDMR / person closely associated
a)	Name	James Scott
2.	Reason for the notification
a)	Position / Status	Chief Commercial Officer
b)	Initial notification / Amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Curtis Banks Group plc
b)	LEI	213800LYP7YTVDXRMP40
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 0.5 pence issued under the approved and unapproved EMI Option Schemes CBP ISIN: GB00BW0D4R71
b)	Nature of the transaction	Exercise of awards granted under the approved and unapproved EMI Option Schemes
c)	Price (pence) and volume	Exercise Price Volume 62.54 pence 465,000
d)	Aggregated information -  Aggregated  volume	465,000
	-   Price (pence)	Nil
e)	Date of the transaction	12/04/2021
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1	Details of PDMR / person closely associated
a)	Name	James Scott
2.	Reason for the notification
a)	Position / Status	Chief Commercial Officer
b)	Initial notification / Amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Curtis Banks Group plc
b)	LEI	213800LYP7YTVDXRMP40
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 0.5 pence issued under the approved and unapproved EMI Option Schemes CBP ISIN: GB00BW0D4R71
b)	Nature of the transaction	Sale of Ordinary Shares
c)	Price (pence) and volume	Date Price (pence) Volume 07-Apr-21 265.00 10,000 07-Apr-21 266.00 260,000 08-Apr-21 268.48 3,702 08-Apr-21 268.50 9,000 08-Apr-21 270.00 184 09-Apr-21 274.50 10,000 09-Apr-21 269.37 2,063 09-Apr-21 269.32 550 12-Apr-21 260.00 169,501
d)	Aggregated information -  Aggregated  volume	465,000
	-   Price (pence)	264.1 pence
e)	Date of the transaction	07/04/2021, 08/04/2021, 09/04/2021, 12/04/2021
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

For more information: 

Curtis Banks Group plc	www.curtisbanks.co.uk
Will Self - Chief Executive Officer	[phone]
Dan Cowland - Chief Financial Officer
Peel Hunt LLP (Nominated Adviser & Joint Broker)	[phone]
James Britton
Rishi Shah
Nplus1 Singer Capital Markets Limited (Joint Broker)	[phone]
Mark Taylor
Rachel Hayes
Instinctif Partners (Financial PR)	[phone]
Ross Gillam	[e-mail]
Lewis Hill

 

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