Purchase of Shares by Directors

RNS Number : 9792M

Westminster Group PLC

15 May 2020

 

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS INSIDE INFORMATION FOR THE PURPOSES OF ARTICLE 7 OF EU REGULATION 596/2014

Westminster Group Plc

('Westminster' or the 'Company')

 Purchase of Shares by Directors

Westminster Group Plc (AIM: WSG), a leading supplier of managed services and technology-based security solutions, is pleased to announce that it has been notified that the following Directors purchased in aggregate 310,000 shares of 10 pence each in the Company ('Ordinary Shares'):

Director Name	Title	Number of Ordinary Shares purchased on 14 May 2020	Aggregate price paid per Ordinary Share	Total Ordinary Shares owned	% of issued share capital of Company
Peter Fowler	Chief Executive Officer	40,000	10.26p	6,501,794	4.077%
Charles Cattaneo	Non-Executive Director	120,000	10.40p	250,000	0.157%
Lady Patricia Lewis ("Patsy Baker")	Non-Executive Director	150,000	9.76p	250,000	0.157%

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)	Names	a)  Peter Fowler, Chief Executive Officer b)  Charles Cattaneo, Non-Executive Director c)  Lady Patricia Lewis, Non-Executive Director
2.	Reason for the Notification
a)	Position/status	See 1(a) - classified as PDMRs of the Company
b)	Initial notification/ Amendment	Initial Notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Westminster Group Plc
b)	LEI	213800LU5SW6Q8RDVQ64
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	Ordinary shares of 10 pence each
	Identification code	GB00B1XLC220
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of Ordinary Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	a)  Price:  10.26p Volume:  40,000 b)  Price:   10.40p Volume:  120,000 c)  Price:  9.76p Volume: 150,000
d)	Aggregated information: · Aggregated volume · Price	310,000   10.07p
e)	Date of the transaction	14 May 2020
f)	Place of the transaction	AIM

For further information please contact:

Westminster Group Plc	Media enquiries via Walbrook PR
Rt. Hon. Sir Tony Baldry - Chairman
Peter Fowler - Chief Executive Officer
Mark Hughes - Chief Financial Officer
S. P. Angel Corporate Finance LLP (NOMAD & Broker)
Stuart Gledhill	020 3470 0470
Caroline Rowe
Walbrook (Investor Relations)
Tom Cooper	020 7933 8780
Paul Vann	0797 122 1972
Nick Rome	[e-mail]

Notes:

Westminster Group plc is a specialist security and services group operating worldwide via an extensive international network of agents and offices in over 50 countries.

Westminster's principal activity is the design, supply and ongoing support of advanced technology security solutions, encompassing a wide range of surveillance, detection (including Fever Detection), tracking and interception technologies and the provision of long-term managed services contracts such as the management and running of complete security services and solutions in airports, ports and other such facilities together with the provision of manpower, consultancy and training services. The majority of its customer base, by value, comprises governments and government agencies, non-governmental organisations (NGO's) and blue-chip commercial organisations.

The Westminster Group Foundation was formed in 2014 as an initiative of Westminster Group plc. during the West African Ebola Crisis.

The Foundation's goal is to support the communities in which the Group operates by working with local partners and other established charities to provide goods or services for the relief of poverty and the advancement of education and healthcare particularly in the developing world.

The Westminster Group Foundation is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, CIO, registered with the Charities Commission number 1158653.

 

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