Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 6278P

dotDigital Group plc

18 November 2016

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                                                 18 NOVEMBER 2016

dotdigital Group plc

("dotdigital" or the "Company")

Director/PDMR Shareholding

dotdigital Group Plc (AIM:DOTD), the leading provider of intuitive Software as a Service and managed services to digital marketing professionals, announces that the Company was informed on 18 November 2016 that Tink Taylor (a Founding Director) and Peter Simmonds (retired CEO) of the Company, as detailed below reduced their holdings in ordinary shares of 0.5 pence each in the capital the Company ("Ordinary Shares") in order to satisfy strong demand from institutional investors.

Director	Date of Transaction	Number of Ordinary Shares disposed of	Price at which the Ordinary Shares were disposed of	Beneficial holding of Ordinary Shares following this transaction	Beneficial holding of Ordinary Shares following this transaction (%)
Ian "Tink" Taylor	18/11/2016	7,000,000	53.00p	29,776,667	10.10%
Peter Simmonds*	18/11/2016	1,500,000	53.00p	2,491,470	0.84%
* 1,477,972 of Peter Simmonds holdings/voting rights have been held by Frank Nominees Limited which acts as the nominee for Alliance Trust Pensions Limited, which is the trustee of a SIPP established by Peter Anthony Simmonds. Frank Nominees is the vehicle used by Kleinwort Benson Limited to hold securities for clients, trusts, SIPPs etc. The beneficiary of the SIPP is Peter Anthony Simmonds. The transaction above reflects a reduction in the SIPP holdings. Milan Patel, Interim CEO & CFO, commented:

"Whilst Directors still hold a significant position in dotdigital of over 17%, we are delighted with the investment interest in the Company demonstrated by a number of our highly regarded current institutional investors, which continues to strengthen our shareholder base over the medium and longer term. This follows on from our recent intensive and extremely positive roadshow."

The notification below, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, provide further detail.

For further enquiries please contact:

dotdigital Group Plc Milan Patel, CEO & CFO	Tel: [phone]
Financial PR and Investor Relations Lisa Baderoon [e-mail]	Tel: [phone]
N+1 Singer (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker) Shaun Dobson, Head of Corporate Finance Liz Yong, Corporate Finance	Tel: [phone]
finnCap (Joint Broker) Stuart Andrews, Corporate Finance	Tel: [phone]

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Ian "Tink" Taylor
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	PDMR (Non-executive Director)
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial Notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	dotDigital plc
b)	LEI	N/A
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 Identification code	Ordinary shares of 0.5 pence each GB00B3W40C23
b)	Nature of the transaction	Disposal of Ordinary Shares by a PDMR
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 53.00 pence 7,000,000
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	7,000,000 ordinary shares 53.00 pence
e)	Date of the transaction	18 November 2016
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)
1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Peter Simmonds
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	PDMR (Non-executive Director)
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial Notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	dotDigital plc
b)	LEI	N/A
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 Identification code	Ordinary shares of 0.5 pence each GB00B3W40C23
b)	Nature of the transaction	Disposal of Ordinary Shares by a PDMR
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 53.00 pence 1,500,000
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	1,500,000 ordinary shares 53.00 pence
e)	Date of the transaction	18 November 2016
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)

 

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