Director Dealings

Billington Holdings PLC

21 April 2023

 

Billington Holdings Plc

("Billington" or the "Company" or the "Group")

Director Dealings

Billington Holdings Plc (AIM: BILN), one of the UK's leading structural steel and construction safety solutions specialists, confirms that share options over 113,756 ordinary shares of 10p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") have been exercised pursuant to the rules of Long Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP") by two executive Directors and will be satisfied by way of transfer from the Employee Share Ownership Trust ("ESOT"). In addition, 32,363 Ordinary Shares have been released from the ESOT to the same two executive Directors pursuant to the Deferred Bonus Plan. The effect of the transactions will be that the executive Directors will retain the maximum number of Billington Ordinary Shares arising, after a proportion of such shares are sold to cover the associated tax and National Insurance liabilities.

Mark Smith

Mark Smith has exercised the LTIP option granted on 23 December 2020 in respect of 65,003 Ordinary Shares and a further 18,493 Ordinary Shares have been released to him pursuant to the Deferred Bonus Plan granted on 19 August 2019, both at nil consideration. Mark Smith sold in total 39,243 Ordinary Shares.

Trevor Taylor

Trevor Taylor has exercised the LTIP option granted on 23 December 2020 in respect of 48,753 Ordinary Shares and a further 13,870 Ordinary Shares have been released to him pursuant to the Deferred Bonus Plan granted on 19 August 2019, both at nil consideration. Trevor Taylor sold in total 29,433 Ordinary Shares.

Following the above transactions, the interests of the executive Directors in Ordinary Shares are:

Director	Position	Total direct shareholding in Company	Total shares outstanding under Deferred Bonus Plan (held in ESOT)	Total number of LTIP options held	Total potential %* shareholding including options
Mark Smith	Chief Executive Officer	63,807	24,903	249,802	2.62%
Trevor Taylor	Chief Financial Officer	52,513	18,677	187,351	2.00%

*Assumes future issuance satisfied from ESOT

For further information please contact:

Billington Holdings Plc	Tel: [phone]
Mark Smith, Chief Executive
Trevor Taylor, Chief Financial Officer
finnCap Limited - Nomad and Broker	Tel: [phone]
Ed Frisby / Charlie Beeson - Corporate Finance
Andrew Burdis / Barney Hayward - ECM
IFC Advisory Limited	Tel: [phone]
	[e-mail]
Tim Metcalfe
Graham Herring
Zach Cohen

About Billington Holdings Plc

Billington Holdings Plc (AIM: BILN), one of the UK's leading structural steel and construction safety solutions specialists, is a UK based Group of companies focused on structural steel and engineering activities throughout the UK and European markets. Group companies pride themselves on the provision of high technical and professional standards of service to niche markets with emphasis on building strong, trusted and long-standing partnerships with all of our clients. https://billington-holdings.plc.uk/

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	Mark Smith
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	Billington Holdings Plc
b)	LEI	213800MUHLXWQQ6MEN67
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 10p each GB0000332667
b)	Nature of the transaction	Deferred Bonus Plan transfer, exercise of options & sale of shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) Nil cost Nil cost 395.969p 65,003 exercised 18,493 transferred 39,243 sold
d)	Aggregated information -  Aggregated volume -  Price	65,003 exercised at nil cost. 18,493 transferred at nil cost. 39,243 sold for £155,390.11.
e)	Date of the transaction	20 April 2023
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	Trevor Michael Taylor
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	Billington Holdings Plc
b)	LEI	213800MUHLXWQQ6MEN67
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 10p each GB0000332667
b)	Nature of the transaction	Deferred Bonus Plan transfer, exercise of options & sale of shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) Nil cost Nil cost 395.969p 48,753 exercised 13,870 transferred 29,433 sold
d)	Aggregated information -  Aggregated volume -  Price	65,003 exercised at nil cost. 18,493 transferred at nil cost. 29,433 sold for £116,545.56.
e)	Date of the transaction	20 April 2023
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

 

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