Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 4812N

Hostmore PLC

01 June 2022

 

Hostmore plc

Notification of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities

Acquisition of shares

1 June 2022

Hostmore plc (the "Company") announces that it has been notified of the following PDMR transactions:

Gavin Manson, Chairman, has notified the Company that:

· On 30 May 2022 he acquired 254,266 ordinary shares of £0.20 each in the Company (each a "Share") for an aggregated price of £0.434126 each; and

· On 31 May 2022 he acquiried 94,861 Shares for an aggregated price of £0.419297 each.

Following the purchase, Gavin Manson holds 1,814,885 Shares.

The Notification of Dealing Form is set out below.

This notification is made in accordance with the requirements of Article 19 of the UK Market Abuse Regulation.

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities
a)	Name	Gavin Manson
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chairman/PDMR
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Hostmore plc
b)	LEI	2138008IAVFFCVTG1L66
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 £0.20 each
	Identification code	GB00BMV9MD66
b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
			Price(s)	Volume(s)
			£0.434126	254,266
			£0.419297	94,861
d)	Aggregated information
	- Aggregated volume	349,127
	- Price	£0.430096
e)	Date of the transaction	30 May 2022 and 31 May 2022
f)	Place of the transaction	XLON

ENQUIRIES

Hostmore plc

Robert B. Cook, Chief Executive Officer

Alan Clark, Chief Financial Officer

[e-mail]

[phone]

Vico Partners

Sofia Newitt 

020 3957 5045

NOTES TO EDITORS

Hostmore plc is a growing hospitality business with its current operations focused on the American-themed casual dining brand, 'Fridays', and the cocktail-led bar and restaurant brand, '63rd+1st', and the fast casual dining brand 'Fridays and Go'. While Fridays has been trading for over three decades in the UK, Hostmore was established in 2021 to provide a platform for the development of hospitality brands under the leadership of an experienced management team that has a record of building businesses in the hospitality and leisure sectors. Hostmore's businesses are defined by their iconic brand experience and vibrant heritage. As of 1 June 2022, Hostmore operates 89 restaurants in the United Kingdom and Jersey, a majority of which are in high footfall locations, including retail parks, shopping centres and city centres.  Hostmore is exploring opportunities with TGI Friday's, Inc., the franchisor of Fridays, to expand its existing brands into new franchise territories and is seeking to add rapidly growing, early-stage businesses to its portfolio of complementary hospitality brands, as well as to extend its offering in other experience-led, leisure concepts.

 

 

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