Director/PDMR Shareholding

Centaur Media PLC

26 July 2024

 

Centaur Media plc

Incorporated in England and Wales

Registration number: 04948078

LEI: 2138005WK87G7DQRQI62

ISIN: GB0034291418

26 July 2024

Centaur Media Plc

("the Company")

Notification of Transactions by Director/PDMR following Exercise of Long-Term Incentive Plan Awards.

Substantial proportion of shares retained by Directors.

In accordance with DTR 3.1 and Article 19 of the UK Market Abuse Regulation, the Company was advised on 25 July 2024 that Swag Mukerji, Chief Executive Officer, Simon Longfield, Chief Financial Officer and Jacquie MacKenzie, Interim Chief People Officer, who are considered to be Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility, exercised nil cost options under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan ('LTIP') on 24 May 2024 (Swag Mukerji), 28 May 2024 (Simon Longfield) and 11 June 2024 (Jacquie MacKenzie) and sold sufficient shares between 4 June 2024 and 25 July 2024 (Swag Mukerji and Simon Longfield) and between 20 June 2024 and 25 July 2024 (Jacquie MacKenzie) at an average price of £0.3465 (Swag Mukerji), £0.3465 (Simon Longfield) and £0.3393 (Jacquie MacKenzie) to settle their income tax and national insurance liabilities.   

Name of PDMR	Total number of shares acquired on exercise of LTIP award(s)	Exercise price	Number of shares sold to satisfy Tax and NI liabilities	Number of shares retained
Swag Mukerji	826,329	Nil cost	390,329	436,000
Simon Longfield	451,898	Nil cost	213,462	238,436
Jacquie MacKenzie	100,837	Nil cost	47,635	53,202

 This notification is made in accordance with the requirements of the UK Market Abuse Regulation.

1.	Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('PAC')
a)	Name	Swag Mukerji
b)	Position / status	Chief Executive Officer
c)	Initial notification / amendment	Initial notification
2.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Full name of the entity	Centaur Media plc
b)	Legal Entity Identifier code	2138005WK87G7DQRQI62
3.	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 and identification code	Ordinary shares of £0.10 each ISIN: GB0034291418
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition following exercise of LTIP Award
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) (£) Volume(s) Nil cost 826,329 Note: this was a single transaction.
d)	Aggregated information Aggregated volume Price (£)	Not applicable - single transaction.
e)	Date of the transaction	24 May 2024
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1.	Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('PAC')
a)	Name	Swag Mukerji
b)	Position / status	Chief Executive Officer
c)	Initial notification / amendment	Initial notification
2.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Full name of the entity	Centaur Media plc
b)	Legal Entity Identifier code	2138005WK87G7DQRQI62
3.	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 and identification code	Ordinary shares of £0.10 each ISIN: GB0034291418
b)	Nature of the transaction	Sale of shares to satisfy income tax and national insurance liabilities.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) (£) Volume(s) 0.392857 18,433 0.380000 44,676 0.373200 35,455 0.371000 29,546 0.364839 91,591 0.328300 59,091 0.305000 111,537
d)	Aggregated information Aggregated volume Price (£)	390,329 0.3465
e)	Date of the transaction	4 June 2024 to 25 July 2024
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange XLON

1.	Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('PAC')
a)	Name	Simon Longfield
b)	Position / status	Chief Financial Officer
c)	Initial notification / amendment	Initial notification
2.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Full name of the entity	Centaur Media plc
b)	Legal Entity Identifier code	2138005WK87G7DQRQI62
3.	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 and identification code	Ordinary shares of £0.10 each ISIN: GB0034291418
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition following exercise of LTIP Award.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) (£) Volume(s) Nil cost 451,898 Note: this was a single transaction.
d)	Aggregated information Aggregated volume Price (£)	Not applicable - single transaction.
e)	Date of the transaction	28 May 2024
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1.	Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('PAC')
a)	Name	Simon Longfield
b)	Position / status	Chief Financial Officer
c)	Initial notification / amendment	Initial notification
2.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Full name of the entity	Centaur Media plc
b)	Legal Entity Identifier code	2138005WK87G7DQRQI62
3.	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 and identification code	Ordinary shares of £0.10 each ISIN: GB0034291418
b)	Nature of the transaction	Sale of shares to satisfy income tax and national insurance liabilities.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) (£) Volume(s) 0.392857 10,081 0.380000 24,482 0.373200 19,384 0.371000 16,153 0.364839 50,075 0.328300 32,307 0.305000 60,980
d)	Aggregated information Aggregated volume Price (£)	213,462 0.3465
e)	Date of the transaction	4 June 2024 to 25 July 2024
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange XLON

1.	Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('PAC')
a)	Name	Jacquie MacKenzie
b)	Position / status	Chief People Officer
c)	Initial notification / amendment	Initial notification
2.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Full name of the entity	Centaur Media plc
b)	Legal Entity Identifier code	2138005WK87G7DQRQI62
3.	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 and identification code	Ordinary shares of £0.10 each ISIN: GB0034291418
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition following exercise of LTIP Award.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) (£) Volume(s) Nil cost 100,837 Note: this was a single transaction.
d)	Aggregated information Aggregated volume Price (£)	Not applicable - single transaction.
e)	Date of the transaction	11 June 2024
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1.	Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('PAC')
a)	Name	Jacquie MacKenzie
b)	Position / status	Chief People Officer
c)	Initial notification / amendment	Initial notification
2.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Full name of the entity	Centaur Media plc
b)	Legal Entity Identifier code	2138005WK87G7DQRQI62
3.	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 and identification code	Ordinary shares of £0.10 each ISIN: GB0034291418
b)	Nature of the transaction	Sale of shares to satisfy income tax and national insurance liabilities.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) (£) Volume(s) 0.373200 5,161 0.371000 4,301 0.364839 13,334 0.328300 8,602 0.305000 16,237
d)	Aggregated information Aggregated volume Price (£)	47,635 0.3393
e)	Date of the transaction	20 June 2024 to 25 July 2024
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange XLON

Ciara Galbraith

General Counsel and Company Secretary

0207 970 4000

 

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