Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 2508K

ULS Technology PLC

20 April 2020

 

ULS Technology Plc

Directors' Dealings & Holdings in Company

ULS Technology plc (LSE:ULS, "Company" or "ULS") received notification on 20 April 2020 from Kestrel Partners LLP ("Kestrel") that on the 16 April 2020 and 17 April 2020 it purchased for its discretionary clients, 48,732 ordinary shares of 0.4p each ("Shares") in the Company at an average price of £0.42682 per share. The notification also included the matters set out below.

Mr Scott, a non-executive director of ULS, is a partner of, and holds a beneficial interest in Kestrel. Mr Scott is also a shareholder in one of Kestrel's clients ("Kestrel Opportunities") and is therefore deemed to have a beneficial interest in Kestrel Opportunities' entire legal holding in ULS.

Following this transaction, Kestrel Opportunities holds (and consequently Mr Scott is deemed to have a beneficial interest in) 11,089,434 Shares in the Company, and other clients of Kestrel, in which Mr Scott has no beneficial interest hold 6,125,739 Shares in the Company.

On a combined basis, Kestrel indirectly holds voting rights over 17,215,173 Shares in the Company, which represents 26.54% 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	11,089,434	17.09%
Indirect	JIM Nominees Limited	1,167,569	1.80%
Indirect	Bank of New York Nominees Ltd	4,844,670	7.48%
Indirect	Bank of New York Nominees Ltd	113,500	0.17%

For further information contact:

ULS Technology plc    [phone] John Williams, Finance Director Steve Goodall, Chief Executive Officer Numis Securities Limited  (NOMAD and Broker)  [phone] Stuart Skinner Paul Gillam Walbrook PR Limited  [phone] Tom Cooper Nick Rome Nicholas Johnson

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 ('Kestrel')
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	PCA - Oliver Rupert Andrew Scott (non-executive director of ULS Technology plc and Partner in Kestrel)
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	ULS Technology plc
b)	LEI	213800TDUOUSIQT2OT29
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	0.4p Ordinary Shares ISIN: GB00BNG8T458
b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Purchase: 16 April 2020 Price(s) Volume(s) GBP 0.42 10,000 shares 17 April 2020 Price(s) Volume(s) GBP 0.4285775 38,732 shares
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	Total P urchase of 48,732 s hares in total at an average of £0.426817 per share (total price £20,799.66).
e)	Date of the transaction	16/04/20 & 17/04/20
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

 

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