Director/PDMR Shareholding & Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 4774Z

Aquila Services Group PLC

14 March 2017

 

For Immediate Release

14 March 2017

Aquila Services Group plc

 ("Aquila" or the "Company")

Director/PDMR Shareholding

And

Holding(s) in Company

The Company was notified on 10 March 2017 that Dr Fiona Underwood, Aquila's Joint CEO, has transferred 3,279,440 ordinary shares of 5p each in the Company she held in her own name to a nominee account at Old Mutual Plc for nil consideration.

Accordingly, Dr Underwood's beneficial holding has not changed as a result of this transfer and so she remains interested in 3,279,440 ordinary shares representing 10.04% of the Company's issued share capital. The notification in Appendix I below, is made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation. 

In addition, the Company has received a TR-1 Notification from Old Mutual Plc, a copy of which is set out in Appendix II below without amendment. 

For further information please visit www.aquilaservicesgroup.co.uk. or contact:

Aquila Services Group plc

Fiona Underwood

Tel: [phone]

Beaumont Cornish Limited, Financial Adviser

Roland Cornish

Tel: [phone]

APPENDIX I

1	Details  of  the  person  discharging  managerial  responsibilities  /  person  closely associated
a)	Name	Dr Fiona Underwood
2	Reason for notification
a)	Position / status	Joint Chief Executive Officer
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial
3	Details of the issuer,  emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Aquila Services Group plc
b)	LEI	Being applied for
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 5 pence each in Aquila Services Group plc ISIN GB00BPYP3Q26
	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of Ordinary Shares
	Price(s) and volumes(s)	Price(s) Volumes(s) 0p 3,279,440
d)	Aggregated information	n/a
e)	Date of the transaction	2017-03-09
f)	Place of the transaction	n/a

APPENDIX II

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii			Aquila Services Group Plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights				X
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		Old Mutual Plc
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		03/03/2017
6. Date on which issuer notified:		09/03/2017
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		Crossed above 10%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction <3%

Number of Shares

Number of Voting Rights

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

% of  voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

GB00BPYP3Q26

3,467,440

10.62%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date xiii

Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/ Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

N/A

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

3,467,440

10.62%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
N/A
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:		N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:		N/A
13. Additional information:	Please note that this is an opening disclosure for Old Mutual Plc.
14. Contact name:	Rose Coyle
15. Contact telephone number:	0207 002 7503

 

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