6 July 2021
finnCap Group plc
Director Dealing, Option Exercise and Total Voting Rights
finnCap Group plc (AIM: FCAP) (the "Company") today announces that Tom Hayward, an executive director of the Company, has exercised options over 600,000 ordinary shares at a price of 5p per share under the finnCap EMI Plan and sold 325,000 ordinary shares at an average price of 37.85p per share, substantially to fund the exercise price and to pay tax arising from the exercise.
In addition, Tom has transferred 52,661 ordinary shares from his personal holding into his ISA with effect from 2 July 2021. The shares were transferred at a price of 38.05p per share.
Tom has also transferred 185,000 ordinary shares from his personal holding into his SIPP with effect from 5 July 2021. The shares were transferred at a price of 37.5p per share.
Following these transactions, Tom Hayward has a beneficial interest in 4,041,428 ordinary shares, representing 2.28% of the Company's issued share capital.
The Company's ordinary shares referred to above are finnCap Group plc ordinary shares of 1 penny each and, following the issue of 600,000 ordinary shares pursuant to Tom's option exercise, the total number of shares in issue is 177,185,014.
Further details on the exercise are included in the notifications below, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation which is part of English law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.
Contacts
finnCap Group plc Tel: +44 (0) 20 7220 0500
Sam Smith, Chief Executive Officer investor.relations@finncap.com
Richard Snow, Chief Financial Officer
Grant Thornton (Nominated Adviser) Tel: +44 (0) 20 7383 5100
Philip Secrett/Samantha Harrison/George Grainger
Oberon Capital (Joint Broker) Tel: +44 (0) 20 3179 5344
Mike Seabrook
finnCap Ltd (Joint Broker) Tel: +44 (0) 20 7220 0500
Rhys Williams/Tim Redfern
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| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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| Name
| Tom Hayward | |||
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| Reason for the notification
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| Position/status
| Director, Chief Operating Officer | |||
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| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial | |||
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| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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a)
| Name
| finnCap Group plc | |||
b)
| LEI
| 213800DLRUJW6JVNS533 | |||
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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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a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary shares | |||
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Identification code | GB00BGKPX309 | ||||
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b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Exercise of options pursuant to the finnCap EMI Plan | |||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| Price(s) | Volume(s) |
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| £0.05 | 600,000 |
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d)
| Aggregated information |
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- Aggregated volume | N/A | ||||
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- Price |
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e)
| Date of the transaction
| 5 July 2021 | |||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| Outside a trading venue |
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| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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a)
| Name
| Tom Hayward | |||
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| Reason for the notification
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a)
| Position/status
| Director, Chief Operating Officer | |||
b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial | |||
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| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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a)
| Name
| finnCap Group plc | |||
b)
| LEI
| 213800DLRUJW6JVNS533 | |||
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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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a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary shares | |||
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Identification code | GB00BGKPX309 | ||||
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b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Sale of ordinary shares | |||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| Price(s) | Volume(s) |
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| £0.3785 | 325,000 |
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d)
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- Aggregated volume | N/A | ||||
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- Price |
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e)
| Date of the transaction
| 5 July 2021 | |||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| London Stock Exchange, AIM Market |
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| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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a)
| Name
| Tom Hayward | |||
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| Reason for the notification
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a)
| Position/status
| Director, Chief Operating Officer | |||
b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial | |||
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| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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a)
| Name
| finnCap Group plc | |||
b)
| LEI
| 213800DLRUJW6JVNS533 | |||
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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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a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument | Ordinary shares | |||
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Identification code | GB00BGKPX309 | ||||
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b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Transfer of Ordinary Shares from personal holding into an ISA | |||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| Price(s) | Volume(s) |
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| £0.3805 | 52,661 |
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d)
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- Aggregated volume | N/A | ||||
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- Price |
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e)
| Date of the transaction
| 2 July 2021 | |||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| London Stock Exchange, AIM Market |
1
| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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a)
| Name
| Tom Hayward | |||
2
| Reason for the notification
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a)
| Position/status
| Director, Chief Operating Officer | |||
b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial | |||
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| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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a)
| Name
| finnCap Group plc | |||
b)
| LEI
| 213800DLRUJW6JVNS533 | |||
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 | |||
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Identification code | GB00BGKPX309 | ||||
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b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Transfer of Ordinary Shares from personal holding into a SIPP | |||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| Price(s) | Volume(s) |
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| £0.375 | 185,000 |
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d)
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- Aggregated volume | N/A | ||||
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- Price |
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e)
| Date of the transaction
| 5 July 2021 | |||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| London Stock Exchange, AIM Market |