Director/PDMR Shareholding - Replacement

RNS Number : 3182D

Anpario PLC

19 October 2022

 

Replacement RNS

 

The following RNS replaces the previous RNS entitled 'Director/PDMR Shareholder' released on 18 October 2022 at 07:00am under RNS number 1003D in order to clarify that the PDMR share purchases were as a result of option exercises and provide additional context in respect of those option exercises.

 

 

 

Anpario plc

("Anpario", "Group" or the "Company")

 

 

Director/PDMR Shareholding & Total Voting Rights

Anpario announces that on 17 October 2022, 160,000 options, granted under the Company's EMI Share Scheme on 27th June 2013, were exercised into ordinary shares of 23 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") at an option price of 158.5 pence.

The options were exercised by the following Directors:

Director	Number of options	Option Exercise Price
Richard Edwards	80,000	158.5 pence
Karen Prior	80,000	158.5 pence

As such 160,000 Ordinary Shares (the "EMI Shares") have been issued by the Company. The EMI Shares rank pari passu with all existing Ordinary Shares. The issue of the EMI Shares is satisfied via the Company's existing block listing.

The exercise of the options was upon and subject to the terms of the Company's EMI Scheme in relation to fully vested options, each Director remitted £126,800 and each Director continues to hold the shares.

The interest in Ordinary Shares held by Richard Edwards and Karen Prior after the above transactions are:

Director	Ordinary shares	EMI options	SAYE options	JSOP interests
Richard Edwards	168,396	42,400	5,577	1,350,000
Karen Prior	157,445	42,400	5,577	1,200,000

Further details of the directors' interests in the EMI options, the SAYE options and the JSOP are set out in the Remuneration Committee Report included in the latest Annual Report.

Following issue of the EMI Shares, the Company's total issued share capital is 24,453,519 Ordinary Shares. The Company holds 440,388 Ordinary Shares in Treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 24,013,131. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Enquiries:

Anpario plc
Richard Edwards, CEO	[phone]
Marc Wilson, Group Finance Director	[phone]
Karen Prior, Corporate Responsibility Director and Company Secretary	[phone]

Peel Hunt LLP (Nomad and broker)	[phone]
Adrian Trimmings
Andrew Clark
Lalit Bose

 

 

Notification of Transactions of Directors/Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility and their Closely Associated Persons

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Karen Prior
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Corporate Responsibility Director
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Anpario plc
b)	LEI	213800BZHUIUCH3MCC06
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	Exercise of ordinary shares of 23 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") ISIN GB00B3NWT178
b)	Nature of the transaction	Exercise of options
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 158.5p 80,000
d)	Aggregated information	Price(s) Volume(s) 158.5p 80,000
e)	Date of the transaction	17 October 2022
f)	Place of the transaction	Off market

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Richard Edwards
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	CEO
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Anpario plc
b)	LEI	213800BZHUIUCH3MCC06
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	Exercise of ordinary shares of 23 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") ISIN GB00B3NWT178
b)	Nature of the transaction	Exercise of options
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 158.5p 80,000
d)	Aggregated information	Price(s) Volume(s) 158.5p 80,000
e)	Date of the transaction	17 October 2022
f)	Place of the transaction	Off market

 

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