Grant of Options & PDMR Interests

RNS Number : 3882W

MJ Hudson Group PLC

21 December 2021

 

MJ Hudson Group plc

(the "Company", "Group" or "MJ Hudson")

Grant of Options & PDMR Interests

The Company announces that it has granted options ("Options") over a total of 86,193 new ordinary shares of nil par value ("Ordinary Shares") in the Company to certain Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility ("PDMRs") under the Company's CSOP staff option plan and under its unapproved share option plan. The exercise price for these Options is 42.4p, which was the Company's closing share price on 17 December 2021, being the latest practicable date prior to the grant of options. The Options have a three-year vesting period.

The Options were awarded as follows:

Peter Connell, Chief Financial Officer, has been awarded 18,837 Options. Following this grant, Peter holds a total of 913,933 Options as well as 378, 552 Ordinary Shares.

Odi Lahav, Chief Operating Officer, has been awarded 22,169 Options. Following this grant, Odi holds a total of 695,181 Options as well as 792,299 Ordinary Shares.

Mark Pattimore, Executive Director, has been awarded 19,245 Options. Following this grant, Mark holds a total of 917,418 Options as well as an interest in 2,094,280 Ordinary Shares.

Jonathan Bale, Executive Director, has been awarded 5,896 Options. Following this grant, Jonathan holds a total of 500,896 Options as well as 2,501,550 Ordinary Shares.

Charles Spicer, Non-Executive Director, has been awarded 8,254 Options. Following this grant, Charles holds a total of 93,724 Options as well as an interest in 110,793 Ordinary Shares.

Andreas Tautscher, Non-Executive Director, has been awarded 5,896 Options. Following this grant, Andreas holds a total of 48,631 Options as well as 39,300 Ordinary Shares.

Geoff Miller, Non-Executive Director, has been awarded 5,896 Options. Following this grant, Geoff holds a total of 48,631 Options as well as an interest in 175,000 Ordinary Shares.

In aggregate, these new Options over a total of 86,193 Ordinary Shares represent approximately 0.05 per cent of the Company's current issued share capital of 172,627,765. Further information is set out in the seven tables below, in accordance with article 19(3) of the Market Abuse Regulation:

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Peter Connell
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	MJ Hudson Group plc
b)	LEI	213800PPN2SYLFTMEN54
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	Options with a vesting period of 3 years
	Identification code	JE00BJTLYP93
b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of options over new ordinary shares
c)	Number/Value	Number Value 18,837 Exercise price of 42.4p per share
d)	Aggregated information: ·Aggregated volume ·Price	N/A - single transaction
e)	Date of the transaction	20 December 2021
f)	Place of the transaction	-Outside a trading venue

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Odi Lahav
2.	Reason for the Notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Operational Officer
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	MJ Hudson Group plc
b)	LEI	213800PPN2SYLFTMEN54
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	Options with a vesting period of 3 years
	Identification code	JE00BJTLYP93
b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of options over new ordinary shares
c)	Number/Value	Number Value 22,169 Exercise price of 42.4p per share
d)	Aggregated information: ·Aggregated volume ·Price	N/A - single transaction
e)	Date of the transaction	20 December 2021
f)	Place of the transaction	-Outside a trading venue

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Mark Pattimore
2.	Reason for the Notification
a)	Position/status	Executive Director
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	MJ Hudson Group plc
b)	LEI	213800PPN2SYLFTMEN54
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	Options with a vesting period of 3 years
	Identification code	JE00BJTLYP93
b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of options over new ordinary shares
c)	Number/Value	Number Value 19,245 Exercise price of 42.4p per share
d)	Aggregated information: ·Aggregated volume ·Price	N/A - single transaction
e)	Date of the transaction	20 December 2021
f)	Place of the transaction	-Outside a trading venue

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Jonathan Bale
2.	Reason for the Notification
a)	Position/status	Executive Director
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	MJ Hudson Group plc
b)	LEI	213800PPN2SYLFTMEN54
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	Options with a vesting period of 3 years
	Identification code	JE00BJTLYP93
b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of options over new ordinary shares
c)	Number/Value	Number Value 5,896 Exercise price of 42.4p per share
d)	Aggregated information: ·Aggregated volume ·Price	N/A - single transaction
e)	Date of the transaction	20 December 2021
f)	Place of the transaction	-Outside a trading venue

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Charles Spicer
2.	Reason for the Notification
a)	Position/status	Non-Executive Director
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	MJ Hudson Group plc
b)	LEI	213800PPN2SYLFTMEN54
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	Options with a vesting period of 3 years
	Identification code	JE00BJTLYP93
b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of options over new ordinary shares
c)	Number/Value	Number Value 8,254 Exercise price of 42.4p per share
d)	Aggregated information: ·Aggregated volume ·Price	N/A - single transaction
e)	Date of the transaction	20 December 2021
f)	Place of the transaction	-Outside a trading venue

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Andreas Tautscher
2.	Reason for the Notification
a)	Position/status	Non-Executive Director
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	MJ Hudson Group plc
b)	LEI	213800PPN2SYLFTMEN54
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	Options with a vesting period of 3 years
	Identification code	JE00BJTLYP93
b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of options over new ordinary shares
c)	Number/Value	Number Value 5,896 Exercise price of 42.4p per share
d)	Aggregated information: ·Aggregated volume ·Price	N/A - single transaction
e)	Date of the transaction	20 December 2021
f)	Place of the transaction	-Outside a trading venue

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Geoff Miller
2.	Reason for the Notification
a)	Position/status	Non-Executive Director
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	MJ Hudson Group plc
b)	LEI	213800PPN2SYLFTMEN54
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	Options with a vesting period of 3 years
	Identification code	JE00BJTLYP93
b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of options over new ordinary shares
c)	Number/Value	Number Value 5,896 Exercise price of 42.4p per share
d)	Aggregated information: ·Aggregated volume ·Price	N/A - single transaction
e)	Date of the transaction	20 December 2021
f)	Place of the transaction	-Outside a trading venue

For further information, please contact:

MJ Hudson Group plc Matthew Hudson, CEO Katherine Hazelden, PR Director	[phone]
Cenkos Securities (Nomad) Giles Balleny Stephen Keys Callum Davidson	[phone]

About MJ Hudson

MJ Hudson is a one-stop-shop specialist service provider to the US$100 trillion+ asset management industry, with a focus on its fastest growing segment, alternative investments (which includes private equity, venture capital, real estate and hedge funds).

As outlined at IPO in December 2019, our growth strategy is to develop and acquire new products and services that are needed by our core customer base of asset managers and institutional investors and to extend this customer base in the key markets of North America and Europe. Our strategy benefits from the underlying expansion of the alternative assets subsector and the continuing and growing need for outsourcing and specialist advice as regulation and competition makes operating more challenging for our clients. 

Founded in 2010 by CEO Matthew Hudson (a lawyer and former alternative assets fund manager), we have grown quickly to now support more than 1,000 clients, including 18 of the FTSE 100. Our business is transatlantic, with clients clustered around the major asset management centres of Europe and North America. Our team of 240 works out of 11 offices in those same centres.

For more information, please visit our website:  investors.mjhudson.com/  

Linkedin:  www.linkedin.com/company/mj-hudson/

Twitter:  www.twitter.com/MJHudsonCorp  

 

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