AIM: CER
Cerillion plc
("Cerillion" or the "Company")
Exercise of Options, PDMR Shareholding and Total Voting Rights
Cerillion, the billing, charging and customer relationship management software solutions provider, announces that, on 1 March 2022, options over 83,794 shares of 0.5 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") have been exercised by certain employees with an exercise price of 109.2 pence per Ordinary Share ("Options") pursuant to the Company's Save-As-You-Earn Option Plan (the "Plan").
PDMR Shareholding
Of the Options, 6,593 have been exercised by Mr Mark Nicholls, Chief Operating Officer. Following the exercise, Mr Nicholls' total beneficial shareholding (together with his spouse) is 61,229 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.21% of the Company's total voting rights.
Total Voting Rights
In order to facilitate this exercise of Options, a total of 83,794 shares have been transferred out of treasury and the Company now holds a total of 28,032 Ordinary Shares in treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights is 29,485,454. The total issued share capital has remained unchanged at 29,513,486 Ordinary Shares.
The above figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for calculations to determine if they have a notifiable interest in Cerillion, under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules, or if such interest has changed.
For further information please contact:
Cerillion plc |
c/o KTZ Communications |
Louis Hall, CEO |
T: 020 3178 6378 |
Andrew Dickson, CFO |
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Liberum (Nomad and Broker) |
T: 020 3100 2000 |
Bidhi Bhoma, Cameron Duncan, William Hall |
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KTZ Communications |
T: 020 3178 6378 |
Katie Tzouliadis, Dan Mahoney |
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About Cerillion
Cerillion has a 22-year track record in providing mission-critical software for billing, charging and customer relationship management ("CRM"), mainly to the telecommunications sector but also to other markets, including utilities and financial services. The Company has c. 80 customer installations across c. 45 countries.
Headquartered in London, Cerillion has operations in Pune, India, where its Global Solutions Centre is located, as well as operations in Bulgaria, USA and Australia.
The business was originally part of Logica plc before its management buyout, led by CEO, Louis Hall, in 1999. The Company joined AIM in March 2016.
Notification of transactions of persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them
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Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated |
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Name |
Mark Nicholls |
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Reason for the notification |
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Position/status |
Chief Operating Officer |
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Initial notification /Amendment |
Initial Notification |
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Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor |
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Name |
Cerillion PLC |
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LEI |
213800ISIZMUC3P46850 |
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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 |
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Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code |
Ordinary shares of GBP 0.005 each GB00BYYX6C66 |
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Nature of the transaction
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Exercise of options under the Company's Save-As-You-Earn Option Plan |
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Price(s) and volume(s)
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Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
Not Applicable - Single Transaction
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Date of the transaction |
1 March 2022 |
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Place of the transaction
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Outside a trading venue |