Big Yellow Group PLC (the "Company")
Director/PDMR Shareholding
19 November 2014
The Company announced today that it raised proceeds of approximately £79 million (before expenses) through a placing of a total of 14,352,711 new ordinary shares of ten pence each in the capital of the Company (the 'Placing Shares') at a price of 547.50 pence per Placing Share (the "Placing"), The Placing is conditional upon, amongst other things, the Placing Shares being admitted to the premium listing segment of the Official List of the Financial Conduct Authority and to trading on the main market of the London Stock Exchange plc (together, "Admission").
The Company was informed today that the directors listed below subscribed for the below numbers of Placing Shares.
Director |
Interest in shares prior to acquisition |
Number of Placing Shares acquired |
Total shares held beneficially |
% of issued share capital held (post Admission of Placing Shares) |
Nicholas Vetch |
9,166,219 |
9,132 |
9,175,351 |
5.86% |
James Gibson |
2,529,226 |
9,132 |
2,538,358 |
1.62% |
Adrian Lee |
776,323 |
5,479 |
781,802 |
0.50% |
John Trotman |
94,517 |
3,652 |
98,169 |
0.06% |
Richard Cotton |
63,919 |
4,566 |
68,485 |
0.04% |
Mark Richardson |
24,668 |
2,557 |
27,225 |
0.02% |
Tim Clark |
15,000 |
3,652 |
18,652 |
0.01% |
Georgina Harvey |
10,000 |
3,013 |
13,013 |
0.01% |
The directors listed above acquired a total of 41,183 Placing Shares at an aggregate value of £225,477. This notification is made in accordance with the requirements of DTR 3.1.4 R.
For further information, please contact:
Shauna Beavis (Company Secretary) 01276 477 811