Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 1906F

Touchstar PLC

19 February 2018

 

19 February 2018

Touchstar plc

(AIM: TST)

Director/PDMR Shareholdings

Touchstar plc ("Touchstar" or the "Company"), was notified of the following transactions in ordinary shares of 5 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") by Directors and PDMRs of the Company.

Ian Martin, Chairman and Mark Hardy, Chief Executive Offer applied for and received 333,000 and 33,000 new Ordinary Shares respectively in the open offer announced on 17 January 2018.  In addition, John Christmas, Non-executive Director (and his wife) and Natasha Rourke, Group Financial Controller subscribed for 33,333 and 8,333 shares respectively in the conditional placing announced on the same date. 

Following the above transactions, the Directors and PDMRs hold the following beneficial interests:

Director/PDMR	Shareholding	% of Company's issued share capital
Ian Martin	668,250	7.88
Mark Hardy	64,500	0.76
John Christmas (and his wife)	33,333	0.39
Natasha Rourke	8,333	0.10

The information below, set out in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, provides further detail.

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Ian Martin
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	Touchstar plc
b)	LEI	213800EO42MM683FGC44
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	Ordinary shares of 5p each G00BD9YDB55
b)	Nature of the transaction	Open Offer application
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s)  60p 330,000
d)	Aggregated information -     Aggregated volume -     Price	333,000 £199,800
e)	Date of the transaction	14 February 2018
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, AIM

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Mark Hardy
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	Touchstar plc
b)	LEI	213800EO42MM683FGC44
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	Ordinary shares of 5p each G00BD9YDB55
b)	Nature of the transaction	Open Offer application
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s)  60p 33,000
d)	Aggregated information -     Aggregated volume -     Price	33,000 £19,800
e)	Date of the transaction	14 February 2018
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, AIM

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	John Christmas
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Non-executive Director
b)	Initial notification/ Amendment	Initial Notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Touchstar plc
b)	LEI	213800EO42MM683FGC44
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	Ordinary shares of 5p each G00BD9YDB55
b)	Nature of the transaction	Subscription for cash
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s)  60p 16,666
d)	Aggregated information -     Aggregated volume -     Price	16,666 £9,999.60
e)	Date of the transaction	14 February 2018
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, AIM

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Judy Christmas
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Wife of John Christmas
b)	Initial notification/ Amendment	Initial Notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Touchstar plc
b)	LEI	213800EO42MM683FGC44
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	Ordinary shares of 5p each G00BD9YDB55
b)	Nature of the transaction	Subscription for cash
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s)  60p 16,667
d)	Aggregated information -     Aggregated volume -     Price	16,667 £10,000.20
e)	Date of the transaction	14 February 2018
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, AIM

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Natasha Rourke
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Group Financial Controller
b)	Initial notification/ Amendment	Initial Notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Touchstar plc
b)	LEI	213800EO42MM683FGC44
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	Ordinary shares of 5p each G00BD9YDB55
b)	Nature of the transaction	Open Offer application
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s)  60p 8,333
d)	Aggregated information -     Aggregated volume -     Price	8,333 £4,999.80
e)	Date of the transaction	14 February 2018
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, AIM

Contacts:
Touchstar Plc	www.touchstarplc.com
Mark Hardy, Chief Executive Officer	[phone]
WH Ireland Limited (Nominated Adviser and Broker)	www.whirelandcb.com
Mike Coe / Ed Allsopp	[phone]

 

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