Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 3172J

Softcat PLC

28 March 2018

 

Softcat plc

Notification of Transactions by

Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities and Persons Closely Associated with them

The Company has been notified that on 28 March 2018, Martin Hellawell, Chief Executive, and persons closely associated with him (namely Mandy Hellawell and The Highgate Family Trust) sold in aggregate 1,800,000 ordinary shares* in the Company at a price of 630 pence per share.

Following this sale, Mr Hellawell and the above named persons closely associated with him hold in aggregate 12,984,399 ordinary shares, which are subject to a lock‐up expiring in 90 days from today and which represent approximately 6.6% of the Company's issued share capital.

This announcement has been determined to contain inside information.

* Comprising the 1,000,000 ordinary shares sold by Martin Hellawell, together with 330,000 ordinary shares sold by Mandy Hellawell and 470,000 ordinary shares sold by The Highgate Family Trust, in which Martin and Mandy Hellawell hold interests as potential beneficiaries.

Softcat plc:	[phone]
Martin Hellawell, Chief Executive Officer
Graham Charlton, Chief Financial Officer

1.	Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ("PCA")
a)	Name	Martin Hellawell
2.	Reason for the notification
a)	Position / status	Chief Executive
b)	Initial notification / amendment	Initial Notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name		Softcat plc
b)	LEI		213800N42YZLR9GLVC42
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 £0.0005 each ISIN: GB00BYZDVK82
b)	Nature of the transaction	Sale of shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 630p 1,000,000
d)	Aggregated information Aggregated volume Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	2018-03-28
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1.	Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ("PCA")
a)	Name	Mandy Hellawell
2.	Reason for the notification
a)	Position / status	Person Closely Associated with Martin Hellawell
b)	Initial notification / amendment	Initial Notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name		Softcat plc
b)	LEI		213800N42YZLR9GLVC42
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 £0.0005 each ISIN: GB00BYZDVK82
b)	Nature of the transaction	Sale of shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 630p 330,000
d)	Aggregated information Aggregated volume Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	2018-03-28
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1.	Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ("PCA")
a)	Name	The Highgate Family Trust
2.	Reason for the notification
a)	Position / status	Person Closely Associated with Martin Hellawell
b)	Initial notification / amendment	Initial Notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name		Softcat plc
b)	LEI		213800N42YZLR9GLVC42
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 £0.0005 each ISIN: GB00BYZDVK82
b)	Nature of the transaction	Sale of shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 630p 470,000
d)	Aggregated information Aggregated volume Price	N/A
e)	Date of the transaction	2018-03-28
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

 

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