Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 0627I

Helical PLC

10 August 2021

 

HELICAL PLC

("Helical" or "The Company")

Notification of Interests of Directors, PDMRs and Connected Persons

The Company was informed today of the following transactions in relation to Executive Directors and PDMR's:

1. Deferred Bonus Shares

On 9 August 2021 shares awarded under the terms of the Company's Annual Bonus Scheme 2016 were made available to directors of the Company. These shares were originally awarded to Directors on 26 July 2018 as part of the annual bonuses for the year to 31 March 2018 and, having been deferred for three years, are available to be transferred to award holders, net of associated tax liabilities.

Shares originally awarded to Directors, accrued dividend shares and the net shares retained after payment of associated tax liabilities are as follows:

	Share Awarded	Dividend Shares	Shares Retained
Executive Directors
Gerald Kaye	115,643	11,250	67,252
Matthew Bonning-Snook	89,955	8,751	52,314

2. Share Incentive Plan

On 9 August 2021, under the rules of the Helical plc Share Incentive Plan (the "Plan"), Helical Bar Trustees Limited awarded 7,828 ordinary shares to directors, PDMRs and employees at the closing mid-market price on 6 August 2021 of 456.50p. The shares were awarded under the Dividend Share Element of the Plan.

Shares awarded to the directors and PDMRs were as follows:

Director	Number of Shares
Gerald Kaye	1,038
Tim Murphy	660
Matthew Bonning-Snook	1,030
PDMR
Tom Anderson	602
James Moss	300

3. Directors' Interests in Shares

Following the transactions noted above the Directors' interests in shares are as follows:

	Shares Legally Held	Deferred Shares	Share Incentive Plan	Outstanding PSP Awards
Executive Director
Gerald Kaye	2,264,691	227,414	65,027	1,063,418
Matthew Bonning-Snook	1,430,888	160,752	64,538	827,190
Tim Murphy	686,166	124,776	41,376	618,899

4. Additional Listing

Application has been made to the Financial Conduct Authority for admission to the Official List, and to the London Stock Exchange plc for admission to trading, for a total of 225,599 ordinary shares of 1p each. It is expected that the hearing will take place on 12 August 2021 and that trading will commence on 13 August 2021.

The shares are being issued in connection with the awards made available to Directors under the Company's Annual Bonus Scheme 2016, as detailed under Point 1 above.

Following admission, the number of ordinary shares in issue will be 122,325,413, each carrying one voting right. This figure may be used by Shareholders 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, Helical plc under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

This notification is made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation.  The Identification Code for ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company is GB00B0FYMT95.  The awards took place outside a trading venue.

For further information, please contact:

Helical plc
Tim Murphy	Tel:	020 7629 0113
	Address:	5 Hanover Square, London. W1S 1HQ
	Website:	www.helical.co.uk
FTI Consulting
Dido Laurimore /Richard Gotla	Tel:	020 3727 1000
	Email:	[e-mail]

 

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