Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 9413Z

Christie Group PLC

16 December 2014

 



16 December 2014

Christie Group plc

("Christie Group" or the "Company")

Director / PDMR Shareholding

Christie Group plc (CTG.L), the leading provider of Professional Business Services and Stock & Inventory Systems & Services to the leisure, retail and care markets, has been advised that Christopher Day, Executive Director, has today exercised share options to acquire 26,134 Christie Group plc ordinary shares.

The share options were originally granted as part of the Christie Group plc Save As You Earn Scheme (the "SAYE Scheme") and today's announcement follows Mr Day's decision to convert his savings made under the SAYE Scheme into share options, as is permitted by the SAYE Scheme, and to exercise those options accordingly.  The share options have been exercised at the option price of 59.5 pence per share, set on the grant date of 2 November 2009.

In opting to exercise these options, Mr Day has paid consideration of £15,549.73. The shares have been issued to Mr Day from existing shares held within the Christie Group plc Employee Share Ownership Trust.

Accordingly, Mr Day's beneficial and non-beneficial holdings in the Company have increased to 712,847 ordinary shares, representing approximately 2.69 per cent of the total voting rights of the Company.

Enquiries:

Christie Group plc

David Rugg                                                                                                                                           020 7227 0707

Chief Executive

Dan Prickett                                                                                                                                        020 7227 0700

Chief Financial Officer

Charles Stanley Securities:

Russell Cook / Carl Holmes                                                                                                           020 7149 6000

Nominated Adviser & Broker

Notes to Editors:

Christie Group plc, quoted on AIM, is a leading professional business services group with 44 offices across the UK, Europe and Canada, catering to its specialist markets in the leisure, retail and care sectors.

Christie Group operates in two complementary business divisions: Professional Business Services (PBS) and Stock & Inventory Systems & Services (SISS). These divisions trade under the brand names: PBS - Christie + Co, Pinders, Christie Finance and Christie Insurance: SISS - Orridge, Venners and Vennersys.

Tracing its origins back to 1846, the Group has a long established reputation for offering essential services to client companies in agency, valuation services, investment, consultancy, project management, multi-functional trading systems and online ticketing services, stock audit and inventory management. The diversity of these services provides a natural balance to the Group's core agency business.

For more information, please go to www.christiegroup.com.

 

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