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27 March 2019 |
GB GROUP PLC
("GBG" or the "Company")
Notification of Directors' Interests
The Company announces that, on 27 March 2019, executive directors Chris Clark (CEO), Dave Wilson (CFO & COO) and Nick Brown (Managing Director), exercised options over ordinary shares of 2.5 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at an exercise price of 2.5 pence per Ordinary Share. Chris Clark's compensatory options were awarded upon taking up his appointment as CEO in 2017 and would otherwise have expired on 1 April 2019. Dave Wilson and Nick Brown's options were awarded in 2015 under GBG's Bonus Deferral and Share Matching Plan and would otherwise have expired on 5 June 2019.
The same executive directors subsequently sold a proportion of the resulting Ordinary Shares at a price of 483 pence per share on the same day in order to meet the exercise costs and associated tax liabilities. Details of the transactions and resultant shareholdings by individual are as follows:
Name |
Role |
Options exercised |
Ordinary Shares sold |
Resultant shareholding |
% of issued share capital |
Chris Clark |
CEO |
200,000 |
110,500 |
128,524 |
0.07% |
Dave Wilson |
CFO & COO |
156,683 |
86,683 |
354,337 |
0.18% |
Nick Brown |
Managing Director |
156,683 |
86,683 |
992,196 |
0.52% |
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Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated |
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Name |
1. Chris Clark 2. Dave Wilson 3. Nick Brown |
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Reason for the notification |
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Position/status |
1. CEO 2. CFO & COO 3. Managing Director |
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b. |
Initial notification /Amendment |
Initial notification |
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Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor |
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Name |
GB Group plc |
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LEI |
213800RBAFZIBCV7XR29 |
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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 |
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Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code |
Ordinary shares of 2.5 pence
GB0006870611 |
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Nature of the transaction |
Acquisition of Ordinary Shares following the exercise of options. |
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Price(s) and volume(s) |
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Aggregated information · Aggregated volume · Price
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e. |
Date of the transaction |
27 March 2019 |
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f. |
Place of the transaction |
Outside a trading venue |
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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 |
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a. |
Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code |
Ordinary shares of 2.5 pence
GB0006870611 |
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b. |
Nature of the transaction |
Sale of Ordinary Shares following exercise of options. |
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Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d. |
Aggregated information · Aggregated volume · Price
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e. |
Date of the transaction |
27 March 2019 |
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f. |
Place of the transaction |
London Stock Exchange (XLON); AIM |
- Ends-
For further information, please contact:
GB Group plc John Constantin, Company Secretary
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01244 657333 |
Peel Hunt LLP (Nominated Adviser and Broker) Edward Knight Peter Stewart Nick Prowting
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020 7418 8900 |
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