Exercise of options & Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 2028O

Headlam Group PLC

30 September 2019

 

30 September 2019

Headlam Group plc

('Headlam' or the 'Company')

Exercise of share options and Director/PDMR shareholding

Headlam Group plc (LSE: HEAD), Europe's leading floorcoverings distributor, announces that Steve Wilson, Chief Executive, has exercised an option to purchase 7,874 ordinary shares of 5 pence each in the capital of the Company ('Ordinary Shares') at an option price of £3.81 under the Company's Save-As-You-Earn ('SAYE') share option scheme. Following the transaction, Steve Wilson has increased his beneficial shareholding in the Company to 665,146 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.78% of the Company's issued share capital.

7,874 Ordinary Shares were transferred from treasury stock for the purpose of satisfying the above exercise of share options, and following the transfer the Company now holds 568,144 Ordinary Shares as treasury shares.

The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 84,795,599, with one voting right per share.  Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 84,795,599.

The above figure may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

Enquiries:

Headlam Group plc	Tel: [phone]
Steve Wilson, Chief Executive Chris Payne, Chief Financial Officer Catherine Miles, Director of Communications	Email: [e-mail]
Investec Bank plc (Corporate Broker)	Tel: [phone]
David Flin / Alex Wright
Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited (Corporate Broker)	Tel: [phone]
Erik Anderson / Dominic Morley / Ailsa Macmaster
Buchanan (Financial PR and IR)	Tel: [phone]
Mark Court / Sophie Wills / Toto Berger

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

1.	Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ("PCA")
a)	Name	Steve Wilson
2.	Reason for the notification
a)	Position / status	Chief Executive
b)	Initial notification / amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer
a)	Name	Headlam Group plc
b)	LEI	213800I4AZZUJEYX9O90
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	Ordinary shares of £0.05 each.
b)	Identification code	ISIN: GB0004170089
c)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of shares under the Headlam Group SAYE share option scheme
d)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £3.81 7,874
e)	Aggregated information -     Volume -     Price	N/A
f)	Date of the transaction	30 September 2019
g)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange - XLON

 

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