Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 3929U
Gooch & Housego PLC
28 March 2019
 

Immediate Release

 

 



Gooch & Housego PLC

("G&H" or the "Company")

Director Shareholding

 

Gooch & Housego PLC (AIM: GHH), the specialist manufacturer of photonic components & systems, announces that the Company was notified on 28 March 2019 that, on the same date, Andrew Boteler, Chief Financial Officer, exercised 17,601 options vested under the Gooch & Housego PLC 2013 Long Term Incentive Plan and subsequently sold 17,601 ordinary shares of 20p each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of £12.40 per Ordinary Share. Also on 28 March 2019, Andrew Boteler and persons closely connected to him, sold a further 1,850 Ordinary Shares at a price of £12.55 per Ordinary share.

 

Following this, Andrew Boteler has an interest in 24,331 Ordinary Shares in the Company, representing 0.1% of the Company's total issued share capital.

 

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

Andrew Boteler

 

2

Reason for the notification

 

a)

Position/status

Chief Financial Officer

 

b)

Initial notification/Amendment

Initial Notification

 

3

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

 

a)

Name

Gooch & Housego Plc

 

b)

LEI

213800DO3D00KYOPA952

 

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 20 pence each

GB0002259116

 

b)

Nature of transaction

(1)  Exercise of share options with an exercise price of zero pence per share

(2)  Sale of ordinary shares

 

 

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

 



(1)  Nil

(2)  1,240.0p

1,255.0p

17,601

17,601

925

 


Aggregated information

-      Aggregated volume

-      Price

 

19,451

£229,861

 

e)

Date of the transaction

28 March 2019

 

f)

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange

 

 

 





1


Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

 

a)


Name

Lindsay Boteler

 

2


Reason for the notification

 

a)


Position/status

Person closely associated to the Chief Financial Officer Andrew Boteler

 

b)


Initial notification/Amendment

Initial Notification

 

3


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

 

a)


Name

Gooch & Housego Plc

 

b)


LEI

213800DO3D00KYOPA952

 

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 20 pence each

GB0002259116

 

b)


Nature of transaction

Sale of ordinary shares

 

 

 

c)


Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

 




1,255.0p

 

925

 

 



Aggregated information

-      Aggregated volume

-      Price

 

Not applicable

 

e)


Date of the transaction

28 March 2019

 

f)


Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange

 

 

 

 

For further information please contact:

 

Gooch & Housego PLC

Mark Webster/ Andy Boteler                               Tel 01460 256470

 

Buchanan

Mark Court/Sophie Cowles                                  Tel 0207 466 5000

 

Investec Bank plc, (NOMAD and Broker)

Patrick Robb / David Anderson                            Tel 0207 597 4000

 


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