Directors' Dealings

RNS Number : 9088D

CentralNic Group PLC

24 October 2022

 

24 October 2022

CentralNic Group plc

Directors' Dealings

CentralNic Group plc (LSE:CNIC, "Company" or "CNIC") received notification on the 24 October 2022 from Kestrel Partners LLP ("Kestrel") that on the 21 October 2022 it purchased, on behalf of its discretionary client accounts, an aggregate of 20,000 ordinary shares of £0.001 each ("Shares") in the Company at an average price of £1.28226 per share

Mr Royde is a partner of, and holds a beneficial interest in, Kestrel. Mr Royde is also a shareholder in Kestrel Opportunities and is therefore deemed to have a beneficial interest in Kestrel Opportunities' entire legal holding in CNIC.

Following this transaction, Kestrel Opportunities holds (and consequently Mr Royde is deemed to have a beneficial interest in) 17,926,535 Shares in the Company, and other clients of Kestrel, in which Mr Royde has no beneficial interest hold 45,297,663 Shares in the Company.

On a combined basis, Kestrel indirectly holds voting rights over 63,224,198 Shares in the Company, which represents 21.90 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	17,926,535	6.21%
Indirect	JIM Nominees Limited	2,086,888	0.73%
Indirect	Bank of New York Nominees Ltd	24,131,299	8.36%
Indirect	CB NYK - CITIBANK N.A.-PRIVATE BK	19,079,476	6.60%

For further information contact:

CentralNic Group Plc Ben Crawford, Chief Executive Officer Don Baladasan, Group Managing Director Michael Riedl, Chief Financial Officer	[phone]
Zeus (NOMAD and Joint Broker) Nick Cowles / Jamie Peel / James Edis (Investment Banking) Dominic King (Corporate Broking)	[phone] [phone]

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
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	PCA - Max Royde (non-executive director CentralNic Group plc)
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	CentralNic Group plc
b)	LEI	213800WAVVOPS85N2205
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	£0.001 Ordinary Shares ISIN: GB00BCCW4X83
b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase
c)	Price(s) and volume(s) Transfer P urchase	P urchase 21 October 2022 Price(s) Volume(s) 1.28226 20,000 shares
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	Purchase Total 20,000 shares @ average price of GBP 1.28226
e)	Date of the transaction	21 October 2022
f)	Place of the transaction	London AIM

 

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