12 May 2023
PensionBee Group plc
Notification of Transaction by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ('PDMRs')
PensionBee Group plc (the 'Company') notifies that the following PDMRs have acquired ordinary shares of £0.001 each in the Company ('Shares') as set out below.
The following PDMRs acquired Shares following the exercise of vested options granted under the Company's Historic Share Option Plans (as set out in the Prospectus dated 12 April 2021), namely the PensionBee Limited EMI Share Option Scheme (the 'EMI Scheme'), and the exercise of vested options granted under the 2021 PensionBee Group Plc Omnibus Plan (the 'Omnibus Plan').
Under the EMI Scheme, both EMI ('EMI Options') and Unapproved Options ('Non-EMI Options'') were granted. The Omnibus Plan is the Company's umbrella plan under which share options can be granted under two different types of awards: deferred share bonus awards (the 'DSB Awards') and restricted share plan awards (the 'RSP Awards').
Name
|
Position /
Status
|
Number of options exercised
|
Number of Shares released
|
Number of Shares sold*
|
Share price at which Shares sold
|
Net number of Shares retained
|
EMI Scheme - Non-EMI Options
|
Romi Savova
|
Chief Executive Officer /
PDMR
|
90,000
|
90,000
|
49,278
|
£0.758846
|
40,722
|
EMI Scheme - EMI Options
|
Jonathan Lister Parsons
|
Chief Technology Officer /
PDMR
|
90,000
|
90,000
|
0
|
n/a
|
90,000
|
Christoph J. Martin
|
Chief Financial Officer /
PDMR
|
35,610
|
35,610
|
0
|
n/a
|
35,610
|
Omnibus Plan - DSB Awards
|
Christoph J. Martin
|
Chief Financial Officer /
PDMR
|
20,576
|
20,576
|
11,256
|
£0.758846
|
9,320
|
* The number of shares sold to cover associated income tax and national insurance liabilities. All PDMR's retained their balance of shares.
Following the transactions, the PDMRs have the following interests in Shares:
Name
|
Interests in Shares following the Transaction(s)
|
Romi Savova
|
80,040,722
|
Jonathan Lister Parsons
|
13,322,800
|
Christoph J. Martin
|
796,594
|
The Notification of Dealing Forms are set out below.
This announcement, including the notifications below, is made in accordance with the requirements of Article 19 of the UK Market Abuse Regulation.
1.
|
Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('PCA')
|
a)
|
Full Name
|
Romi Savova
|
2.
|
Reasons for the notification
|
a)
|
Position / Status
|
Chief Executive Officer / PDMR
|
b)
|
Initial notification / amendment
|
Initial Notification
|
3.
|
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
|
a)
|
Full name of the entity
|
PensionBee Group plc
|
b)
|
Legal Entity Identifier code
|
2138008663P5FHPGZV74
|
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
Identification Code
|
Ordinary Shares of £0.001 each
GB00BNDRLN84
|
b)
|
Nature of the transaction
|
(i) Acquisition of Shares on exercise of Non-EMI Options under the EMI Scheme.
(ii) Sale of Shares to cover income tax and national insurance liabilities associated with exercise of Non-EMI Options under the EMI Scheme.
|
c)
|
Price(s) and volume(s)
|
|
Price(s)
|
Volume(s)
|
(i) Exercise of options
|
£0.001
|
90,000
|
(ii) Sale of Shares
|
£0.758846
|
49,278
|
|
d)
|
Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
|
Not Applicable
|
e)
|
Date of the transaction
|
10 May 2023
|
f)
|
Place of the transaction
|
London Stock Exchange
|
1.
|
Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('PCA')
|
a)
|
Full Name
|
Jonathan Lister Parsons
|
2.
|
Reasons for the notification
|
a)
|
Position / status
|
Chief Technology Officer / PDMR
|
b)
|
Initial notification / amendment
|
Initial notification
|
3.
|
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
|
a)
|
Full name of the entity
|
PensionBee Group plc
|
b)
|
Legal Entity Identifier code
|
2138008663P5FHPGZV74
|
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
Identification Code
|
Ordinary Shares of £0.001 each
GB00BNDRLN84
|
b)
|
Nature of the transaction
|
(i) Acquisition of Shares on exercise of EMI Options under the EMI Scheme.
|
c)
|
Price(s) and volume(s)
|
|
Price(s)
|
Volume(s)
|
(i) Exercise of options
|
£0.001
|
90,000
|
|
d)
|
Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
|
Not Applicable
|
e)
|
Date of the transaction
|
10 May 2023
|
f)
|
Place of the transaction
|
London Stock Exchange
|
1.
|
Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('PCA')
|
a)
|
Full Name
|
Christoph J. Martin
|
2.
|
Reasons for the notification
|
a)
|
Position / status
|
Chief Financial Officer / PDMR
|
b)
|
Initial notification / amendment
|
Initial notification
|
3.
|
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
|
a)
|
Full name of the entity
|
PensionBee Group plc
|
b)
|
Legal Entity Identifier code
|
2138008663P5FHPGZV74
|
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
Identification Code
|
Ordinary Shares of £0.001 each
GB00BNDRLN84
|
b)
|
Nature of the transaction
|
(i) Acquisition of Shares on exercise of EMI Options under the EMI Scheme.
(ii) Acquisition of Shares on exercise of DSB Award under the Omnibus Plan.
(iii) Sale of Shares to cover income tax and national insurance liabilities associated with exercise of DSB Award under the Omnibus Plan.
|
c)
|
Price(s) and volume(s)
|
|
Price(s)
|
Volume(s)
|
(i) Exercise of options
|
£0.001
|
35,610
|
(ii) Exercise of options
|
£0.001
|
20,576
|
(iii) Sale of Shares
|
£0.758846
|
11,256
|
|
d)
|
Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
|
Not Applicable
|
e)
|
Date of the transaction
|
10 May 2023
|
f)
|
Place of the transaction
|
London Stock Exchange
|
|