Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 7686N
Shearwater Group PLC
26 September 2019
 

26 September 2019

 

SHEARWATER GROUP PLC

Director/PDMR Shareholding

Shearwater Group plc (AIM: SWG, "Shearwater" or the "Company") today announces that on 25 September 2019, Wentworth Limited, a company in which the Chairman, David Williams, has a beneficial interest, purchased 5,000,000 ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 1.70 pence per share. The Company also announces that VJM Investments, a company closely associated with the CEO, Phil Higgins, purchased 5,000,000 Ordinary Shares at a price of 1.72 pence per share on 25 September 2019. It is noted these purchases were completed prior to the share capital consolidation of 100 to 1 which was effected on 26 September 2019.

The Company makes the following disclosures in accordance with article 19(3) of the Market Abuse Regulation:

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

Wentworth Limited

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

Person closely associated with David Williams, Chairman

b)

Initial notification /Amendment

Initial Notification

3

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

a)

Name

Shearwater Group plc

b)

LEI

213800ZRUKUYDJLKD504

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 1 pence each



GB00B00T3528

b)

Nature of the transaction

Purchase of Ordinary Shares

c)

 

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

 

 

Price(s)

Volume(s)

1.70 pence

 5,000,000

 

d)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

 

 N/A - single transaction

e)

Date of the transaction

25 September 2019

f)

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange, AIM

 

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

VJM Investments

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

Person closely associated with Phil Higgins, CEO

b)

Initial notification /Amendment

Initial Notification

3

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

a)

Name

Shearwater Group plc

b)

LEI

213800ZRUKUYDJLKD504

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 1 pence each



GB00B00T3528

b)

Nature of the transaction

Purchase of Ordinary Shares

c)

 

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

 

 

Price(s)

Volume(s)

1.72 pence

 5,000,000

 

d)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

 

 N/A - single transaction

e)

Date of the transaction

25 September 2019

f)

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange, AIM

 

Enquiries:

 

Shearwater Group plc

David Williams, Chairman

Phil Higgins, CEO

 

c/o Instinctif Partners

Cenkos Securities plc - NOMAD and Joint Broker

Max Hartley / Giles Balleny - NOMAD

Julian Morse / Michael Johnson - Sales

+44 (0) 20 7397 8900

 

 

Berenberg - Joint Broker

Matthew Armitt / Mark Whitmore

+44 (0) 20 3207 7800

 

 

Instinctif Partners

Adrian Duffield / Chantal Woolcock

shearwater@instinctif.com

+44 (0) 20 7457 2815

 

 

About Shearwater Group plc

 

Shearwater Group plc is an award-winning organisational resilience group that provides cyber security and managed security services to help assure and secure businesses in a connected global economy.

 

The Group's comprehensive cyber security solutions and services maintain trust between users, provide assurance around the protection of information assets and critical infrastructure, and support organisations' operational effectiveness.  Its capabilities include identity and access management and data security, cyber security solutions and managed security services, and security governance, risk and compliance.

 

The Group is headquartered in the UK with offices in the US, UK and Europe, serving customers across the globe who are active in a broad spectrum of industries.

 

Shearwater shares are listed on the London Stock Exchange's AIM under the ticker "SWG".  For more information, please visit www.shearwatergroup.com.


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