Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 3603V

Accesso Technology Group PLC

08 April 2019

 

8 April 2019

accesso® Technology Group plc

("accesso" or the "Company")

PDMR Dealing Notification

accesso Technology Group plc (AIM: ACSO), the premier technology solutions provider to leisure, entertainment, hospitality, attractions and cultural markets, announces that on 4 April 2019, Mr John Alder, Chief Financial Officer at accesso, exercised 42,127 options over ordinary shares of 1p each ("Ordinary Shares") which were granted under the Company's 2014 long term incentive plan ("LTIP"), for a consideration of 1p per Ordinary Share and Mr Tom Burnet, Non-executive Director at accesso, exercised 47,805 options over Ordinary Shares, which were also granted under the Company's LTIP, for a consideration of 1p per Ordinary Share.

Following the above vesting of awards, Mr John Alder and Mr Tom Burnet each respectively sold 19,500 and 23,040 Ordinary Shares acquired through the LTIP to satisfy certain tax liabilities arising on vesting. These Ordinary Shares were sold on 5 April 2019 at an average price of 919.873p each.

The below table sets out the above transactions and resulting shareholdings in more detail.

Name	Number of LTIP options vested into Ordinary Shares	Number of Ordinary Shares sold	Average sale price of Ordinary Shares	Number of Ordinary Shares beneficially interested in post-sale	Approximate percentage of Ordinary Shares beneficially interested in post-sale
John Alder	42,127	19,500	919.873p	60,540	0.22%
Tom Burnet	47,805	23,040	919.873p	248,923*	0.91%*

*Includes a beneficial interest in 200,000 Ordinary Shares held through the Lo-Q Employee Benefit Trust.

Following the above exercise of options over Ordinary Shares, the Company issued 89,932 Ordinary Shares via its existing blocklisting ("Admission"). Post Admission, the Company's issued share capital consisted of 27,417,063 Ordinary Shares with one voting right each. The Company does not hold any shares in Treasury.

This figure of 27,417,063 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

Notification of Transactions of Directors/Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility and Persons Closely Associated with them

1.   Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
(a)	Name	JOHN ALDER
2.         Reason for the notification
(a)	Position/status	CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
(b)	Initial notification/Amendment	INITIAL NOTIFICATION
3.         Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
(a)	Name	ACCESSO TECHNOLOGY GROUP PLC
(b)	LEI	213800VY7MXUO7STIN73
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 1 PENCE EACH ISIN: GB0001771426
(b)	Nature of the transaction	Vesting of 42,127 options over Ordinary Shares
(c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) 1 pence	Volume(s)  42,127
(d)	Aggregated information -     Aggregated volume -     Price	N/A - single transaction
(e)	Date and time of the transaction	4 April 2019
(f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1.   Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
(a)	Name	JOHN ALDER
2.         Reason for the notification
(a)	Position/status	CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
(b)	Initial notification/Amendment	INITIAL NOTIFICATION
3.         Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
(a)	Name	ACCESSO TECHNOLOGY GROUP PLC
(b)	LEI	213800VY7MXUO7STIN73
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 1 PENCE EACH ISIN: GB0001771426
(b)	Nature of the transaction	Sale of 19,500 Ordinary Shares
(c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) 919.873p pence	Volume(s)  19,500
(d)	Aggregated information -     Aggregated volume -     Price	N/A - single transaction
(e)	Date and time of the transaction	5 April 2019
(f)	Place of the transaction	AIM, London Stock Exchange

1.         Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
(a)	Name	TOM BURNET
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	ACCESSO TECHNOLOGY GROUP PLC
(b)	LEI	213800VY7MXUO7STIN73
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 1 PENCE EACH ISIN: GB0001771426
(b)	Nature of the transaction	Vesting of 47,805 options over Ordinary Shares
(c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) 1 pence	Volume(s)  47,805
(d)	Aggregated information -     Aggregated volume -     Price	N/A - single transaction
(e)	Date and time of the transaction	4 April 2019
(f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1.         Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
(a)	Name	TOM BURNET
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	ACCESSO TECHNOLOGY GROUP PLC
(b)	LEI	213800VY7MXUO7STIN73
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 1 PENCE EACH ISIN: GB0001771426
(b)	Nature of the transaction	Sale of 23,040 Ordinary Shares
(c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) 919.873p pence	Volume(s)  23,040
(d)	Aggregated information -     Aggregated volume -     Price	N/A - single transaction
(e)	Date and time of the transaction	5 April 2019
(f)	Place of the transaction	AIM, London Stock Exchange

For further information, please contact: accesso Technology Group plc	[phone]
Paul Noland, Chief Executive Officer John Alder, Chief Financial Officer Bill Russell, Non-Executive Chairman
FTI Consulting, LLP	[phone]
Matt Dixon, Adam Davidson
Canaccord Genuity Limited (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker)	[phone]
Simon Bridges, Richard Andrews
Numis Securities Limited (Joint Broker)	[phone]
Simon Willis, Mark Lander

 

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