18 March 2021
Begbies Traynor Group plc
(the "Company" or the "Group")
Exercise of Options, Directors Dealing and Total Voting Rights
Begbies Traynor Group plc, the business recovery, financial advisory and property services consultancy, announces that following the exercise of options by certain employees, including a Director, it has issued 200,758 fully paid up ordinary 5 pence shares in the Group ("Ordinary Shares").
Nick Taylor, Group Finance Director, exercised options over 23,700 Ordinary Shares by subscription at an option price of 63.12 pence.
Application has been made to the London Stock Exchange for the admission of the 200,758 new Ordinary Shares to trading on AIM. Admission of these new Ordinary Shares is expected to occur on 23 March 2021 following which the total number of shares in issue and total voting rights will be 150,838,644. The Group does not hold any shares in treasury and, therefore, the above figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculation by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in the Company.
The notifications set out below is provided in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation.
Enquiries please contact:
Begbies Traynor Group plc 0161 837 1700
Ric Traynor - Executive Chairman
Nick Taylor - Group Finance Director
Canaccord Genuity Limited 020 7523 8000
(Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker)
Emma Gabriel / Angelos Vlatakis
Shore Capital 020 7408 4090
(Joint Broker)
Mark Percy / Anita Ghanekar
MHP Communications 020 3128 8168
Reg Hoare / Katie Hunt / Florence Mayo begbies@mhpc.com
Information on Begbies Traynor Group can be accessed via the Group's website at
www.begbies-traynorgroup.com/investor-relations
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them.
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Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ("PCA") |
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Name |
Nick Taylor |
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Reason for the notification |
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Position / status |
Group Finance Director |
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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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Name |
Begbies Traynor Group plc |
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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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Description of the financial instrument |
Company approved share options granted at an option price of 63.12 pence over 23,700 Ordinary Shares |
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Nature of the transactions |
The exercise of options over 23,700 Ordinary Shares at an exercise price of 63.12 pence. The Options have been exercised by subscription and this has resulted in the issue and allotment of 23,700 fully paid Ordinary Shares for which the Company has applied to AIM for listing and which upon admission will rank pari passu with the Company's other Ordinary Shares. |
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Price(s) and volume(s) |
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Date of the transaction |
17 March 2021 |
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Place of the transaction |
Outside a trading venue |