Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 5095N

Curtis Banks Group PLC

24 September 2019

 

24 September 2019

Curtis Banks Group plc

("Curtis Banks", the "Company")

Exercise of Options and PDMR Share Dealing

Curtis Banks, one of the UK's leading SIPP providers, hereby provides notification that 335,000 new ordinary shares in the Company have been allotted in respect of the recent exercise of share options and subsequent sale by a PDMR. In addition, two other PDMRs and one PCA have sold shares in the open market, please see below for details.

An application will be made to the London Stock Exchange for the 335,000 new shares to be admitted to trading on AIM, it is expected that such admission will become effective on Tuesday 1 October 2019.

Following this notification, the Company has 54,142,346 ordinary shares in issue.

LEI number: 213800LYP7YTVDXRMP40

For more information: 

Curtis Banks Group plc	www.curtisbanks.co.uk
Will Self - Chief Executive Officer	[phone]
Dan Cowland - Chief Finance Officer
Peel Hunt LLP (Nominated Adviser & Broker)	[phone]
Guy Wiehahn
Rishi Shah
N+1 Singer (Broker)	[phone]
Mark Taylor
Rachel Hayes
Camarco (Financial PR)	[phone]
Ed Gascoigne-Pees
Hazel Stevenson
Jane Glover

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	James Scott
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Group Commercial Director
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Curtis Banks Group Plc
b)	LEI	213800LYP7YTVDXRMP40
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	Curtis Banks Group Plc Ordinary Shares 0.5p
	Identification code	GB00BW0D4R71
b)	Nature of the transaction	Exercise of share options over 335,000 ordinary shares in the Company
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
				Exercise Price	Volume
				62.54p	335,000
d)	Aggregated information
	- Aggregated volume	335,000
	- Price	Exercise price: 62.54p
e)	Date of the transaction	24 September 2019

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	Curtis Banks Group Plc Ordinary Shares 0.5p
	Identification code	GB00BW0D4R71
b)	Nature of the transaction	Sale of 335,000 ordinary shares in the Company
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
				Price	Volume
				295p	335,000
d)	Aggregated information
	- Aggregated volume	335,000
	- Price	295p
e)	Date of the transaction	24 September 2019

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Paul Tarran
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Director
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Curtis Banks Group Plc
b)	LEI	213800LYP7YTVDXRMP40
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	Curtis Banks Group Plc Ordinary Shares 0.5p
	Identification code	GB00BW0D4R71
b)	Nature of the transaction	Sale of 175,000 ordinary shares in the Company
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
				Price	Volume
				295p	175,000
d)	Aggregated information
	- Aggregated volume	175,000
	- Price	295p
e)	Date of the transaction	24 September 2019

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Rupert Curtis
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Senior Adviser
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Curtis Banks Group Plc
b)	LEI	213800LYP7YTVDXRMP40
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	Curtis Banks Group Plc Ordinary Shares 0.5p
	Identification code	GB00BW0D4R71
b)	Nature of the transaction	Sale of 300,000 ordinary shares in the Company
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
				Price	Volume
				295p	300,000
d)	Aggregated information
	- Aggregated volume	300,000
	- Price	295p
e)	Date of the transaction	24 September 2019

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Sally Curtis
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	PCA of Rupert Curtis
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Curtis Banks Group Plc
b)	LEI	213800LYP7YTVDXRMP40
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	Curtis Banks Group Plc Ordinary Shares 0.5p
	Identification code	GB00BW0D4R71
b)	Nature of the transaction	Sale of 860,000 ordinary shares in the Company
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
				Price	Volume
				295p	860,000
d)	Aggregated information
	- Aggregated volume	860,000
	- Price	295p
e)	Date of the transaction	24 September 2019

Notes to Editors: 

Curtis Banks administers over 77,000 Self-Invested Pension Schemes, principally SIPPs and SSASs. The Group commenced trading in 2009 and has successfully developed, through a combination of organic growth and acquisitions, into one of the largest UK providers of these products. The Group employs approximately 570 staff in its head office in Bristol and regional offices in Ipswich and Dundee.

For more information - www.curtisbanks.co.uk

 

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