Director Dealings, Exercise of Options and TVR

RNS Number : 3936E

SDI Group PLC

27 October 2022

 

SDI Group plc

("SDI", "SDI Group", the "Company", or the "Group")

Director Dealings, Exercise of Options and Total Voting Rights

SDI Group plc, the AIM quoted Group focused on the design and manufacture of scientific and technology products for use in digital imaging and sensing and control applications, announces that it was notified on 27 October 2022 that  Ken Ford (Chairman) and Mike Creedon (Chief Executive), have sold 130,000 and 602,125 ordinary shares of  1 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares"), respectively.

Details of holdings pre and post-sale are listed below.

Director	Current shareholding	Number of shares sold	Sale price (£)	Number of shares after sale	% of shares held after sale and Admission
Ken Ford	1,015,217	130,000	1.65	885,217	0.86%
Mike Creedon	774,625	602,125	1.65	172,500	0.17%

The Company also announces that it has issued and allotted a total of 500,000 new Ordinary Shares following an exercise of options.

Application has been made to the London Stock Exchange for the 500,000 new Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM ("Admission") and it is expected that Admission will become effective and trading will commence on or around 8.00 a.m. on 10 November 2022.

After Admission, the total number of Ordinary Shares in issue will be 102,699,676 and the total number of voting rights will therefore be 102,699,676. 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 FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

Enquiries

SDI Group plc  

Ken Ford, Chairman  01223 727144

Mike Creedon, CEO

Ami Sharma, CFO

www.sdigroup.com

finnCap Ltd   020 7220 0500

Ed Frisby/Seamus Fricker - Corporate Finance

Andrew Burdis/Sunila de Silva - ECM

About SDI Group plc:

SDI designs and manufactures scientific and technology products for use in digital imaging and sensing and control applications including life sciences, healthcare, astronomy, manufacturing, precision optics and art conservation. SDI operates through its company divisions: Atik Cameras, Synoptics, Graticules Optics, Sentek, Astles Control Systems, Applied Thermal Control, MPB Industries, Chell Instruments, Monmouth Scientific, Uniform Engineering, Scientific Vacuum Systems, Safelab Systems, LTE Scientific and Fraser Anti-Static Techniques.

SDI continues to grow by developing its own technology advancements and by improving its global sales channels, as well as through pursuing strategic, complementary acquisitions.

The notification below, made in accordance with requirements of the UK Market Abuse Regulation, provides further details.

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	Ken Ford
2.	Reason for the Notification
a)	Position/status	Chairman
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial Notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	SDI Group plc
b)	LEI	213800YA3XW7JRE46Z70
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	Ordinary shares of 1p each ("Ordinary Shares")
	Identification code	GB00B3FBWW43
b)	Nature of the transaction	Sale of Ordinary Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) Sold £1.65 130,000
d)	Aggregated information: · Aggregated volume · Price	Sale of 130,000 shares at a price of  165 pence  per Ordinary Share
e)	Date of the transaction	27 October 2022
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON)

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Mike Creedon
2.	Reason for the Notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Executive Officer
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial Notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	SDI Group plc
b)	LEI	213800YA3XW7JRE46Z70
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	Ordinary shares of 1p each ("Ordinary Shares")
	Identification code	GB00B3FBWW43
b)	Nature of the transaction	Sale of Ordinary Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) Sold £1.65 602,125
d)	Aggregated information: · Aggregated volume · Price	Sale of 602,125 shares at a price of 165 pence  per Ordinary Share
e)	Date of the transaction	27 October 2022
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON)

 

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