Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 2470S

Bens Creek Group PLC

13 July 2022

 

Bens Creek Group plc

("Bens Creek" or the "Company")

Director/PDMR shareholding

Bens Creek Group plc (AIM: BEN), the owner of a metallurgical coal mine in North America supplying the steel industry, has been informed that, on 12 July 2022, Murat Erden, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, acquired 425,000 ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 34.682 pence per Ordinary Share.

The Ordinary Shares were purchased via an investment company controlled by Murat Erden, Erden Investments Limited.

Murat Erden now owns 425,000 Ordinary Shares in the Company, which represents 0.12% of the issued share capital of the Company.

The notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, which forms part of Domestic UK Law pursuant to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, is appended below.

For further information please contact:

Bens Creek Group plc Adam Wilson, CEO Raju Haldankar, Executive Director Murat Erden, CFO	[phone]
Allenby Capital Limited (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker) Nick Athanas / Nick Naylor / George Payne (Corporate Finance) Kelly Gardiner (Sales and Corporate Broking)	[phone]
Optiva Securities Limited (Joint Broker) Christian Dennis / Mariela Jaho / Daniel Ingram	[phone]

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	Murat Erden
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	Bens Creek Group plc
b)	LEI	213800I3FGJ7KAZGEG14
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 0.1 pence each
	Identification code	ISIN: GB00BP814F22
b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase of Ordinary Shares via investment company
c)	Price and volume	Price: 34.682 pence per share	Volume: 425,000
d)	Aggregated information
	- Aggregated volume	425,000
	- Price	34.682 pence per share
	- Principal amount	£147,398.50
e)	Date of the transaction	12 July 2022
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, AIM

 

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