Exercise of Options

RNS Number : 0366R

Gamma Communications PLC

11 June 2018

 

11 June 2018

Gamma Communications plc

Exercise of Options

The Company confirms that, following the receipt of notices of exercise of options from employees and a Director, it has approved the issue of 336,728 Ordinary Shares (the "New Ordinary Shares").

Following the issue of the New Ordinary Shares, the number of Ordinary Shares in issue will increase to 93,852,455. For the purposes of the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules ("DTRs"), the issued ordinary share capital of the Company following this allotment consists of 93,852,455 Ordinary Shares with voting rights attached. There are no Shares held in treasury. This total voting rights figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine whether they are required to notify their interests in, or a change to their interest in, Gamma Communications plc under the DTRs.

Pursuant to the above exercise of options, and in part to pay the option holders' tax due on the exercise, the following option holders sold Ordinary Shares on 8 June 2018 at 750p in the quantities shown below:

Directors

·    Andrew Belshaw (CFO) exercised options over 48,675 Ordinary shares in the Company for nil consideration and sold 98,675 Ordinary Shares representing 0.1 per cent of the Company's issued share capital. His aggregate resultant shareholding in the Company is 228,853 Ordinary shares, representing 0.2 per cent of the issued share capital of the Company.

Other persons discharging management responsibility

·    Andrew Morris exercised options over 54,291 Ordinary Shares in the Company for nil consideration and sold  54,291 Ordinary Shares

·    Malcolm Goddard exercised options over 48,408 Ordinary Shares in the Company for nil consideration and sold 22,866 Ordinary Shares

·    David Macfarlane exercised options over 51,140 Ordinary Shares in the Company for nil consideration

Gamma Communications plc Andrew Taylor, Chief Executive Officer Andrew Belshaw, Chief Financial Officer Malcolm Goddard, Company Secretary	Tel: [phone]
Investec Bank plc (NOMAD & Broker) Patrick Robb / Andrew Pinder / Sebastian Lawrence	Tel: [phone]

Appendix

1.	Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('PCA')
a)	Name	Andrew Belshaw
b)	Position / status	CFO
c)	Initial notification / amendment	Initial Notification
2.	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	Gamma Communications plc Ordinary Shares of 0.25p each
b)	Nature of the transaction	Sale Of Ordinary Shares of 0.25p each

c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 750p 98,675
d)	Aggregated information Aggregated volume Price
e)	Date of the transaction	8-6-2018
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange - (XLON)

1.	Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('PCA')
a)	Name	David Macfarlane
b)	Position / status	Managing Director: Solutions
c)	Initial notification / amendment	Initial Notification
2.	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	Gamma Communications plc Ordinary Shares of 0.25p each
b)	Nature of the transaction	Exercise of options over Ordinary Shares of 0.25p each

c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) N/A 51,140
d)	Aggregated information Aggregated volume Price
e)	Date of the transaction	11-6-2018
f)	Place of the transaction	not using an exchange

1.	Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('PCA')
a)	Name	Andrew Morris
b)	Position / status	Managing Director, Service and Operations
c)	Initial notification / amendment	Initial Notification
2.	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	Gamma Communications plc Ordinary Shares of 0.25p each
b)	Nature of the transaction	Sale Of Ordinary Shares of 0.25p each

c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 750p 54,291
d)	Aggregated information Aggregated volume Price
e)	Date of the transaction	8-6-2018
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange - (XLON)

1.	Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('PCA')
a)	Name	Malcolm Goddard
b)	Position / status	Company Secretary and Commercial Director
c)	Initial notification / amendment	Initial Notification
2.	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	Gamma Communications plc Ordinary Shares of 0.25p each
b)	Nature of the transaction	Sale Of Ordinary Shares of 0.25p each

c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 750p 22,866
d)	Aggregated information Aggregated volume Price
e)	Date of the transaction	8-6-2018
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange - (XLON)

 

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