Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 3841E

Chesnara PLC

27 October 2022

 

LEI Number: 213800VFRMBRTSZ3SJ06

27 October 2022

CHESNARA plc

("Chesnara", the "Company" or the "Group")

GRANT OF OPTIONS AND PDMR/DIRECTOR SHAREHOLDINGS

Chesnara announces that, as part of the Company's 2022 Save As You Earn Scheme ("2022 SAYE Scheme") a total of 43,280 options to subscribe for ordinary shares of 5 pence each in the capital of the Company ("2022 SAYE Scheme Options") have today been granted to Directors and other Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility ("PDMRs") of the Company.

Under the 2022 SAYE Scheme, which was made available to all eligible employees of the Company, the 2022 SAYE Scheme Options have an exercise price, calculated in accordance with the rules of the 2022 SAYE Scheme, of 220.40p per 2022 SAYE Scheme Option. Subject to the rules of the 2022 SAYE Scheme, participants will be able to exercise their 2022 SAYE Scheme Options within six-months commencing 1 November 2025.  

Including the Directors and PDMRs referred to above, a total of 33 employees participated in the 2022 SAYE Scheme with a total of 156,787 2022 SAYE Scheme Options being granted.

The following notifications have been made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation as part of UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Steven Murray
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Group Chief Executive Officer
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Chesnara plc
b)	LEI	213800VFRMBRTSZ3SJ06
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 and identification code	Ordinary shares of 5 pence each ID code: GB00B00FPT80
b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of options to acquire Chesnara plc Ordinary Shares under the 2022 SAYE Scheme
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Option Price(s): 220.40p    Volume: 8,166.
d)	Aggregated information	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	26th October 2022
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue (XOFF)

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Stephen Deignan
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Head Of Corporate Development
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Chesnara plc
b)	LEI	213800VFRMBRTSZ3SJ06
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 and identification code	Ordinary shares of 5 pence each ID code: GB00B00FPT80
b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of options to acquire Chesnara plc Ordinary Shares under the 2022 SAYE Scheme
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Option Price(s): 220.40p  Volume: 8,166.
d)	Aggregated information	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	26th October 2022
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue (XOFF)

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Alastair Lonie
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Group Chief of Staff
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Chesnara plc
b)	LEI	213800VFRMBRTSZ3SJ06
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 and identification code	Ordinary shares of 5 pence each ID code: GB00B00FPT80
b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of options to acquire Chesnara plc Ordinary Shares under the 2022 SAYE Scheme
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Option Price(s): 220.40p    Volume: 8,166.
d)	Aggregated information	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	26th October 2022
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue (XOFF)

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Samuel Perowne
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Head of Strategic Development and Investor Relations
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Chesnara plc
b)	LEI	213800VFRMBRTSZ3SJ06
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 and identification code	Ordinary shares of 5 pence each ID code: GB00B00FPT80
b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of options to acquire Chesnara plc Ordinary Shares under the 2022 SAYE Scheme
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Option Price(s): 220.40p   Volume: 8,166.
d)	Aggregated information	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	26th October 2022
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue (XOFF)

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Andrew Richards
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	UK Finance Director and Group Financial Controller
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Chesnara plc
b)	LEI	213800VFRMBRTSZ3SJ06
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 and identification code	Ordinary shares of 5 pence each ID code: GB00B00FPT80
b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of options to acquire Chesnara plc Ordinary Shares under the 2022 SAYE Scheme
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	1.  Option Price(s): 220.40p    Volume: 8,166. 2.
d)	Aggregated information	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	26th October 2022
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue (XOFF)

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Amanda Wright
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Group General Counsel and Company Secretary
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Chesnara plc
b)	LEI	213800VFRMBRTSZ3SJ06
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 and identification code	Ordinary shares of 5 pence each ID code: GB00B00FPT80
b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of options to acquire Chesnara plc Ordinary Shares under the 2022 SAYE Scheme
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Option Price(s): 220.40p    Volume: 2,450.
d)	Aggregated information	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	26th October 2022
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue (XOFF)

For further information, please contact:

Investor Enquiries

Sam Perowne

Head of Strategic Development & Investor Relations

Chesnara plc

E - [e-mail]

Media Enquiries

Roddy Watt

Director, Capital Markets

FWD

T - 020 7280 0651 / 07714 770 493 

E - [e-mail]

Notes to Editors

Chesnara is a European life and pensions consolidator listed on the London Stock Exchange.  It administers approximately one million policies and operates as Countrywide Assured and CASLP in the UK, as The Waard Group, Robein Leven N.V. and Scildon in the Netherlands, and as Movestic in Sweden.

Following a three-pillar strategy, Chesnara's primary responsibility is the efficient administration of its customers' life and savings policies, ensuring good customer outcomes and providing a secure and compliant environment to protect policyholder interests. It also adds value by writing profitable new business in Sweden and the Netherlands and by undertaking value-adding acquisitions of either companies or portfolios.

Consistent delivery of the Company strategy has enabled Chesnara to increase its dividend for 18 years in succession.

Further details are available on the Company's website ( www.chesnara.co.uk ).

 

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