Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 2503W

Amino Technologies PLC

07 February 2017

 

7 February 2017

AMINO TECHNOLOGIES PLC

("Amino", the "Company" or the "Group")

Director/PDMR Shareholding, Exercise of Options & TVR

Amino Technologies plc (LSE: AMO), the Cambridge-based provider of digital entertainment solutions for IPTV, Internet TV and in-home multimedia distribution, announces that it has been notified of the following dealings in the ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares").

-     On 7 February 2017, Akiko McGarva, wife of Donald McGarva, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, purchased 7,805 Ordinary Shares at a price of 192 pence per Ordinary Share (the "Purchase"). Following the Purchase, Donald McGarva and his PCA's are beneficially interested in 450,453 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 0.6% of the Company's issued share capital.

-     On 7 February 2017, Keith Todd, Non-Executive Chairman of the Company, exercised options over 50,000 Ordinary Shares at a price of 125 pence per Ordinary Share (the "Exercise"). Following the Exercise Mr Todd and his PCA's are beneficially interested in 516,665 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 0.7% of the Company's issued share capital. The Company has transferred 50,000 Ordinary Shares out of treasury to satisfy the Exercise.

Total Voting Rights

Following the above transfer of Ordinary Shares out of treasury, the Company holds 3,040,418 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue is 74,692,224. Therefore the Company's total number of Ordinary Shares with voting rights is 71,651,806.

The above figure of 71,651,806 Ordinary Shares may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

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	a.   Donald McGarva b.   Keith Todd
2.	Reason for the Notification
a)	Position/status	a.   CEO b.   Non-Executive Chairman
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Amino Technologies PLC
b)	LEI	n/a
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 1p
	Identification code	GB00B013SN63
b)	Nature of the transaction	a.   Purchase of ordinary shares b.   Exercise of options over ordinary shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Donald McGarva Price(s) Volume(s) 192p 7,805 Keith Todd Price(s) Volume(s) 125p 50,000
d)	Aggregated information: ·      Aggregated volume ·      Price	a.   Purchase of 7,805 ordinary shares at 192 pence per ordinary share b.   Exercise of 50,000 options over ordinary shares at 125p per ordinary share
e)	Date of the transaction	a.   7 February 2017 b.   7 February 2017
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON)

The information communicated in this announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of Regulation 596/2014.

For further information please contact:

Amino Technologies PLC	[phone]
Donald McGarva, Chief Executive Officer
Mark Carlisle, Chief Financial Officer
finnCap Ltd (NOMAD and Joint Broker)	[phone]
Matt Goode / Carl Holmes / Simon Hicks (Corporate Finance) Simon Johnson / Tim Redfern (Corporate Broking)
Canaccord Genuity Limited (Joint Broker and Financial Adviser)	[phone]
Simon Bridges / James Craven / Emma Gabriel
FTI Consulting LLP (Financial PR)	[phone]
Chris Lane / Alex Le May / Darius Alexander

About Amino Technologies plc

Amino Technologies plc specialises in the development and delivery of IPTV/OTT solutions. With over eight million devices sold to 1,000 customers in 100 countries, Amino's award-winning solutions are deployed by major network operators and service providers worldwide. Amino Technologies plc is headquartered near Cambridge, in the UK, and is listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange (AIM: symbol AMO). www.aminocom.com

 

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