Director/PDMR Shareholding

Christie Group PLC

30 April 2024

 

30 April 2024

Christie Group plc

("Christie Group" or the "Company")

Director / PDMR Shareholding

Christie Group plc (CTG.L), the leading provider of Professional & Financial Services and Stock & Inventory Systems & Services to the hospitality, leisure, healthcare, medical, childcare & education and retail sectors, has been notified that on 29 April 2024, Mr Simon James Hawkins, Chief Financial Officer, who is considered to be a person discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMR"), has exercised options over 10,961 ordinary shares of 2 pence each in the Company (the "Option Shares").  

The Option Shares had been subscribed for by Mr Hawkins under the Christie Group Save As Your Earn Scheme and have been transferred to Mr Hawkins by the Christie Group Employee Share Ownership Trust ("ESOT") in accordance with the terms of the scheme for a consideration of £0.67 pence per share for 10,961 Option Shares.

Accordingly, Mr Hawkins's total holding in the Company, has increased to 137,201 ordinary shares of 2 pence each ("Ordinary Shares"), representing approximately 0.52 per cent of the total voting rights of the Company.

The notification below, made in accordance with the requirements of the UK Market Abuse Regulation, provides further detail. 

Notification and public disclosures 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	Simon James Hawkins
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	Christie Group plc
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		Options over Existing Ordinary Shares of 2 pence each  ISIN: GB0001953156
b)	Nature of the transaction		Exercise of share options
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)		Exercise Price No. of Options Exercised £0.67 10,961
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price		10,961 £7,343.87
e)	Date of the transaction		29 April 2024
f)	Place of the transaction		Outside a trading venue

For further information please contact:

Christie Group plc
Dan Prickett Chief Executive	07885 813101
Shore Capital
Patrick Castle Nominated Advisor and Broker	020 7408 4090

Notes to Editors:

Christie Group plc, quoted on AIM, is a leading professional business services group with 37 offices across the UK and Europe, catering to its specialist markets in the hospitality, leisure, healthcare, medical, childcare & education and retail sectors.

Christie Group operates in two complementary business divisions: Professional & Financial Services (PFS) and Stock & Inventory Systems & Services (SISS). These divisions trade under the brand names: PFS - 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 valued services to client companies in agency, valuation services, investment, consultancy, project management, multi-functional trading systems and online ticketing services, stock audit and

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

 

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