Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 7587O

Ingenta PLC

01 February 2019

 

1 February 2019

Ingenta plc

Directors' Dealings

Ingenta plc (LSE:ING, "Company" or "Ingenta") received notification on 31^st January 2019 from Kestrel Partners LLP ("Kestrel") that on 31^st January 2019 it acquired, on behalf of its discretionary clients, 50,000 ordinary shares of 10p each ("Shares") in the Company at a price of £0.76 per share. The notification also included the matters set out below.

Kestrel is the investment manager to Kestrel Opportunities, a cell of Guernsey Portfolios PCC Limited ("Kestrel Opportunities"), and various other clients. This disclosure relates to indirect Shares and voting rights in the Company that are managed by Kestrel on a discretionary basis.

Mr. Royde is a partner of, and holds a beneficial interest in Kestrel. Mr. Royde is also a shareholder in Kestrel Opportunities and is therefore deemed to have a beneficial interest in Kestrel Opportunities' entire legal holding in Ingenta.

Prior to this purchase of Shares, Kestrel on a combined basis indirectly held Shares and voting rights over 4,526,754 Shares in the Company.

Kestrel Opportunities holds (and consequently Mr. Royde is deemed to have a beneficial interest in) 3,425,983 Shares in the Company. The 50,000 shares were purchased on behalf of Kestrel's other discretionary clients, in which Mr Royde has no beneficial interest, who, following this transaction, hold a further 1,150,771. Shares in the Company.

Following this transaction and on a combined basis, Kestrel indirectly holds voting rights over 4,576,754 Shares in the Company, which represents approximately 27.05% per cent of the Company's issued share capital.

Kestrel's interest in the Shares in the Company is held through the following nominees:

Holding type	Nominee	No. of shares	% of issued share capital
Indirect	Bank of New York Nominees Ltd	3,425,983	20.25%
Indirect	JIM Nominees Limited	281,531	1.66%
Indirect	Bank of New York Nominees Ltd	869,240	5.14%

For further information contact:

Ingenta Plc Scott Winner Jon Sheffield	[phone]
Cenkos Securities plc Nicholas Wells Harry Hargreaves	[phone]

ANNEX

Template for 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	Kestrel Partners LLP
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Person closely associated with Max Royde, Non-Executive Director
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Ingenta plc
b)	LEI	213800QU4IVLTQZL3T37
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	10p Ordinary Shares ISIN: GB00B3BDTG73
b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) GBP 0.76 50,000 Shares
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	50,000 £38,000
e)	Date of the transaction	2019-01-31
f)	Place of the transaction	AIMX

 

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