Directors' Dealings

RNS Number : 3496S

CentralNic Group PLC

09 March 2023

 

09 March 2023

CentralNic Group plc

Directors' Dealings

CentralNic Group plc (LSE:CNIC, "Company" or "CNIC") received notification on the 08 March 2023 from Kestrel Partners LLP ("Kestrel") that on the 06 March, 07 March and 08 March 2023 it purchased, on behalf of its discretionary client accounts, an aggregate of 49,263 ordinary shares of £0.001 each ("Shares") in the Company at an average price of £1.38837 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 48,096,335 Shares in the Company.

On a combined basis, Kestrel indirectly holds voting rights over 66,022,870 Shares in the Company, which represents 23.08 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	6.27%
Indirect	JIM Nominees Limited	2,086,888	0.73%
Indirect	Bank of New York Nominees Ltd	24,142,299	8.44%
Indirect	CB NYK - CITIBANK N.A.-PRIVATE BK	19,079,476	6.67%
Indirect	Northern Trust Company AVFC	2,787,672	0.97%

For further information contact:

CentralNic Group Plc [phone] Michael Riedl - Chief Executive Officer William "Billy" Green - Chief Financial Officer Zeus (NOMAD and Joint Broker) Nick Cowles / Jamie Peel / James Edis (Investment Banking) [phone] Dominic King (Corporate Banking) [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	Purchase 06 March 2023 Price(s) Volume(s) 1.41 10,000 shares 07 March 2023 Price(s) Volume(s) 1.40375 16,000 shares 08 March 2023 Price(s) Volume(s) 1.368484 23,263 shares
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	Purchase Total 49,263 shares at an average price of GBP 1.38837
e)	Date of the transaction	06 March 2023, 07 March 2023 & 08 March 2023
f)	Place of the transaction	London AIM

 

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