AIREA PLC
("the Company")
Director/PDMR Shareholding
The Company announces that Neil Rylance, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, has today sold 2,510,630 ordinary 25p shares in the Company ('Ordinary Shares') at a price of 72 pence per share to the recently created Airea Employee Benefit Trust ('EBT').
As a result of this transaction Neil Rylance no longer has a beneficial interest in the issued share capital of the Company.
Martin Toogood, Non-Executive Chairman, said:
"The Company's employee benefit trust is now in a position where it can begin to make performance-based share awards to our employees. The awards, which will vest over a three to five year period, are key to employee retention and ensuring that appropriate incentives are in place to drive long-term value creation in a highly competitive market environment.
Our Chief Executive Officer, Neil Rylance, built up his personal shareholding in the Company a number of years ago and, as part of this sale to the EBT, intends to continue to lead the company in this next important phase of its development".
AIREA plc
Martin Toogood, Non-Executive Chairman 01924 266561
Paul Stevenson, Finance Director 01924 262561
N+1 Singer, Nominated Adviser and Broker
Peter Steel 0207 496 3000
The notification below, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, provides further detail.
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMRs") and persons closely associated ("PCAs") with them.
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Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated |
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a) |
Name |
Neil Rylance |
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Reason for the notification |
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a) |
Position/status |
PDMR (Chief Executive Officer) |
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b) |
Initial notification /Amendment |
Initial notification |
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3 |
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor |
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a) |
Name |
AIREA plc |
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b) |
LEI |
213800FNWL76NCLZU343 |
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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 |
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a) |
Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument |
Ordinary Shares of 25 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") |
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Identification code |
GB00BW9PJQ87 |
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b) |
Nature of the transaction |
Sale of Ordinary Shares |
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c)
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Price(s) and volume(s)
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Price |
Volume |
72p |
2,510,630 Ordinary Shares |
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d) |
Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price
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2,510,630 Ordinary Shares 72p |
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e) |
Date of the transaction |
5 April 2019 |
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f) |
Place of the transaction |
Outside a trading venue |
Name of authorised official of issuer responsible for making notification:
Paul Stevenson
Company Secretary to AIREA plc