Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 3929U

Gooch & Housego PLC

28 March 2019

 

Immediate Release

Gooch & Housego PLC

("G&H" or the "Company")

Director Shareholding

Gooch & Housego PLC (AIM: GHH), the specialist manufacturer of photonic components & systems, announces that the Company was notified on 28 March 2019 that, on the same date, Andrew Boteler, Chief Financial Officer, exercised 17,601 options vested under the Gooch & Housego PLC 2013 Long Term Incentive Plan and subsequently sold 17,601 ordinary shares of 20p each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of £12.40 per Ordinary Share. Also on 28 March 2019, Andrew Boteler and persons closely connected to him, sold a further 1,850 Ordinary Shares at a price of £12.55 per Ordinary share.

Following this, Andrew Boteler has an interest in 24,331 Ordinary Shares in the Company, representing 0.1% of the Company's total issued share capital.

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		Andrew Boteler
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status		Chief Financial Officer
b)	Initial notification/Amendment		Initial Notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name		Gooch & Housego Plc
b)	LEI		213800DO3D00KYOPA952
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 20 pence each GB0002259116
b)	Nature of transaction		(1)  Exercise of share options with an exercise price of zero pence per share (2)  Sale of ordinary shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)		Price(s)		Volume(s)
			(1)  Nil (2)  1,240.0p 1,255.0p		17,601 17,601 925
	Aggregated information -      Aggregated volume -      Price		19,451 £229,861
e)	Date of the transaction		28 March 2019
f)	Place of the transaction		London Stock Exchange

1		Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)		Name			Lindsay Boteler
2		Reason for the notification
a)		Position/status			Person closely associated to the Chief Financial Officer Andrew Boteler
b)		Initial notification/Amendment			Initial Notification
3		Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)		Name			Gooch & Housego Plc
b)		LEI			213800DO3D00KYOPA952
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 20 pence each GB0002259116
b)		Nature of transaction			Sale of ordinary shares
c)		Price(s) and volume(s)			Price(s)		Volume(s)
					1,255.0p		925
		Aggregated information -      Aggregated volume -      Price			Not applicable
e)		Date of the transaction			28 March 2019
f)		Place of the transaction			London Stock Exchange

For further information please contact:

Gooch & Housego PLC

Mark Webster/ Andy Boteler                               Tel [phone]

Buchanan

Mark Court/Sophie Cowles                                  Tel [phone]

Investec Bank plc, (NOMAD and Broker)

Patrick Robb / David Anderson                            Tel [phone]

 

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