Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 8314Z

Malvern International PLC

17 March 2017

 

17 March 2017

MALVERN INTERNATIONAL PLC

("Malvern" or the "Company")

Issue of Equity

Director / PDMR Shareholding

Malvern International plc (AIM: MLVN), the provider of educational services in the UK, Europe and Asia, is pleased to announce that it has received the Tranche 3 of share subscription from Sam Malafeh, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, which was agreed on his appointment and outlined in an announcement dated 5 September 2016.

Gopinath Pillai, Chairman, commented: "As Chairman and as representative of one of the major shareholders and financiers of Malvern International, I am happy to see Dr.Sam Malafeh's third and final contribution to the equity of the company. We value his commitment to the Group through the completion of the three tranches.  Sam as the Deputy CEO is focussed on the future growth and development of the company and he has already had a big impact."

On joining the Group Dr Malafeh agreed to subscribe for new Ordinary Shares at par value of 5p each on the following basis:

	Date	Amount	Subscription price	Number of shares
Tranche 1	On appointment	£200,000	5p	4,000,000
Tranche 2	On or before 15 January 2017	£100,000	5p	2,000,000
Tranche 3	On or before 15 March 2017	£150,000	5p	3,000,000

Application has been made for the 3,000,000 new Ordinary Shares arising pursuant from Tranche 3 to be admitted to trading on AIM. Dealings are expected to commence on 23 March 2017.

In accordance with the provisions of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the Financial Conduct Authority, the Company confirms that, following these transactions, its issued share capital will comprise 102,157,983 Ordinary Shares of 5p each. All of the Ordinary Shares have equal voting rights and none of the Ordinary Shares are held in Treasury. The total number of voting rights in the Company is therefore 102,157,983. 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, the share capital of the Company under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules

Following the issue Dr Malafeh is interested in a total of 9,000,000 Ordinary Shares representing approximately 8.8 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital.

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Dr Sam Malafeh
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Director
b)	Initial notification/ Amendment	Initial Notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Malvern International plc
b)	LEI	N/A
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 1p each GB00B04XB679
b)	Nature of the transaction	Subscription for shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s)  5p 3,000,000
d)	Aggregated information -      Aggregated volume -      Price	3,000,000 £150,000
e)	Date of the transaction	17 March 2017
f)	Place of the transaction	N/A

ENDS

Contacts:
Malvern International plc	www.malverninternational.com
Haider Sithawalla Dr Sam Malafeh	[phone] [phone]
WH Ireland Limited	Nominated Adviser & Broker
Mike Coe, Ed Allsopp	[phone]

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