Directors' Dealings

CentralNic Group PLC
18 May 2023
 

18 May 2023

 

CentralNic Group plc

Directors' Dealings

CentralNic Group plc (LSE:CNIC, "Company" or "CNIC") received notification on the 17 May 2023 from Kestrel Partners LLP ("Kestrel") that on the 15 May and 16 May 2023 it purchased, on behalf of its discretionary client accounts, an aggregate of 86,000 ordinary shares of £0.001 each ("Shares") in the Company at an average price of £1.132116 per share.

Mr Royde is a partner of, and holds a beneficial interest in, Kestrel. Mr Royde is also a shareholder in Kestrel Opportunities and is therefore deemed to have a beneficial interest in Kestrel Opportunities' entire legal holding in CNIC.

Following this transaction, Kestrel Opportunities holds (and consequently Mr Royde is deemed to have a beneficial interest in) 17,926,535 Shares in the Company, and other clients of Kestrel, in which Mr Royde has no beneficial interest hold 48,364,837 Shares in the Company.

On a combined basis, Kestrel indirectly holds voting rights over 66,291,372 Shares in the Company, which represents 23.20 per cent of the Company's issued share capital.

Kestrel's interest in the Shares in the Company is held through the following nominees:

Holding type

Nominee

No. of shares

% of issued share capital

Indirect

Bank of New York Nominees Ltd

17,926,535

6.27%

Indirect

JIM Nominees Limited

2,086,888

0.73%

Indirect

Bank of New York Nominees Ltd

24,142,299

8.45%

Indirect

CB NYK - CITIBANK N.A.-PRIVATE BK

19,079,476

6.68%

Indirect

Northern Trust Company AVFC

3,056,174

1.07%

 

For further information contact:

 


CentralNic Group Plc

Michael Riedl, Chief Executive Officer

William Green, Chief Financial Officer

 +44 (0) 203 388 0600

 


 

Zeus (NOMAD and Joint Broker)

Nick Cowles / Jamie Peel / James Edis (Investment Banking)

Dominic King (Corporate Broking)

 

+44 (0) 161 831 1512

+44 (0) 203 829 5000

 

Berenberg (Joint Broker)

Mark Whitmore / Richard Andrews / Alix

Mecklenburg-Solodkoff                          

 

+44 (0) 20 3207 7800

 

SEC Newgate (for Media)

Bob Huxford / Alice Cho / Harry Handyside

+44 (0) 203 757 6880

centralnic@secnewgate.co.uk

 

 

 

ANNEX

Template for 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

 

 

Kestrel Partners LLP

 

2

 

Reason for the notification

 

a)

 

Position/status

 

 

PCA - Max Royde (non-executive director CentralNic Group plc)

b)

 

Initial notification /Amendment

Initial

3

 

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

 

a)

 

Name

 

CentralNic Group plc

b)

 

LEI

 

213800WAVVOPS85N2205

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

 

£0.001 Ordinary Shares

 

 

ISIN: GB00BCCW4X83

 

b)

 

Nature of the transaction

 

 Purchase

c)

 

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

Transfer

 

Purchase

 

Purchase

15 May 2023

Price(s)

 

Volume(s)

1.128582

 55,000 shares

16 May 2023

Price(s)

 

Volume(s)

1.138387

 31,000 shares

d)

 

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

 

Purchase Total 86,000 shares at an average price of GBP 1.132116

e)

 

Date of the transaction

 

15 & 16 May 2023

f)

 

Place of the transaction

London AIM

 

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