Grant of options and Director dealing

RNS Number : 4934K

Mortgage Advice Bureau(Holdings)PLC

10 April 2018

 

Mortgage Advice Bureau (Holdings) plc ("MAB" or the "Company")

10 April 2018

Grant of options and Director dealing

Mortgage Advice Bureau (Holdings) plc (AIM: MAB1.L) announces that a total of 103,566 options over ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") (the "Options") have been granted today to the Executive Directors and senior executives of MAB.  The Options have been granted under the Mortgage Advice Bureau Executive Share Option Plan and exercise of the Options is subject to the achievement of performance conditions based on total shareholder return and earnings per share criteria.  Subject to achievement of the performance conditions, the Options will be exercisable in three years' time.  The exercise price for the Options is 0.1 pence, being the nominal cost of Ordinary Shares.

Executive Director	Grant of options 10 April 2018	Total number of options  post 10 April 2018 grant of options	% of Issued Share Capital
Peter Brodnicki	19,915	504,270	1.0%
David Preece	15,136	368,541	0.7%
Lucy Tilley	19,915	258,968	0.5%

Donna Brenchley, Commercial Director, a person discharging managerial responsibilities, has also been granted options today over a total of 4,780 Ordinary Shares.

Other senior executives of MAB have today been granted options over a total of 43,820 Ordinary Shares.

Under the Mortgage Advice Bureau Executive Share Option Plan, the total number of Ordinary Shares now under option is 2,156,539 representing 4.2% of the Company's issued share capital.  This excludes the 255,000 options over Ordinary Shares in the Company granted to MAB's Appointed Representatives in May 2015.

Katherine Innes Ker, Chairman, today sold 1,740 Ordinary Shares of 0.1p each in the Company from her trading account at a price of 622.0 pence per share and her personal ISA in the same name has purchased 1,660 Ordinary Shares at a price of 624.0 pence per share. Katherine Innes Ker's resultant beneficial interest in the Company is therefore 12,227 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.02% of the Company's issued share capital.

The notification below is made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation.

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	1)    Peter Brodnicki 2)    David Preece 3)    Lucy Tilley 4)    Donna Brenchley
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	1)    Chief Executive Officer 2)    Chief Operating Officer 3)    Finance Director 4)    Person Discharging Material Responsibilities
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Mortgage Advice Bureau (Holdings) plc
b)	LEI	2138008AY1RA61T6W960
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 0.1 pence each ISIN: GB00BQSBH502
b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of options
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price No. of shares 1)    0 2)    0 3)    0 4)    0 1)    19,915 2)    15,136 3)    19,915 4)    4,780
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	Volume: 59,746 Price: 0
e)	Date of the transaction	10 April 2018
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, AIM

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	1)    Katherine Innes Ker
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	1)    Chairman
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Mortgage Advice Bureau (Holdings) plc
b)	LEI	2138008AY1RA61T6W960
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 0.1 pence each ISIN: GB00BQSBH502
b)	Nature of the transaction	Sale of shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price No. of shares 1)    622 pence 1)    1,740
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	Volume: 1,740 Price: 622 pence per share
e)	Date of the transaction	10 April 2018
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, AIM
1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	1)    Katherine Innes Ker
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	1)    Chairman
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Mortgage Advice Bureau (Holdings) plc
b)	LEI	2138008AY1RA61T6W960
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 0.1 pence each ISIN: GB00BQSBH502
b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price No. of shares 1)    624 pence 1)    1,660
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	Volume: 1,660 Price: 624 pence per share
e)	Date of the transaction	10 April 2018
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, AIM

Enquiries:

Mortgage Advice Bureau (Holdings) plc                            [phone]

Peter Brodnicki, Chief Executive Officer

David Preece, Chief Operating Officer

Lucy Tilley, Finance Director

Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker:

Zeus Capital                                                                              [phone]

Martin Green

Nicholas How

Pippa Underwood

Joint Broker:

Canaccord Genuity                                                                  [phone]

Andrew Buchanan

Richard Andrews

Media Enquiries:

[e-mail]

 

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