Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 9267N

Curtis Banks Group PLC

01 November 2016

 

Curtis Banks Group plc

PDMR share dealing and holdings

Curtis Banks Group plc ("Curtis Banks" or the "Company"), one of the UK's leading SIPP providers with a portfolio of approximately 72,000 SIPPs, is pleased to announce that certain persons discharging managerial responsibility ("PDMR") have acquired a total of 143,814 shares in the Company at an average price of 186.07p per share with an aggregate value of £267,594.71.

Following the acquisition of Ordinary Shares, the respective PDMR holdings in Curtis Banks are:

	Ordinary Shares acquired(1)	Holding prior to purchase	Total holding(1)	Total holding as percentage of CBP shares in issue
Christopher Banks	79,900	20,436,843	20,516,743	38.43%
Rupert Curtis	26,631	7,321,053	7,347,684	13.76%
Paul Tarran	26,631	3,777,127	3,803,758	7.13%
Kristian Morgans	10,562	815,790	826,352	1.55%

Note⁽¹⁾ Including connected parties.

Christopher Banks, Rupert Curtis, Paul Tarran and Kristian Morgans hold 60.87% of the Company's issued share capital in aggregate, held shares in the Company prior to the IPO in 2015, and in accordance with the rules of the Takeover Code are acting in concert.

For more information:

Curtis Banks Group plc	www.curtisbanks.co.uk
Rupert Curtis - Chief Executive Officer	Via Walbrook PR
Paul Tarran - Chief Financial Officer
Peel Hunt LLP (Nominated Adviser & Broker)	[phone]
Guy Wiehahn Rishi Shah
Walbrook PR	[phone]
Tom Cooper / Paul Vann	[phone]
	[e-mail]

Notes to Editors on Curtis Banks:

Curtis Banks administers Self-Invested Pension products, principally SIPPs and SSASs. The Group commenced trading in 2009 and has successfully developed, through a combination of organic growth and acquisitions, into one of the largest UK providers of these products. The Group employs approximately 540 staff in its head office in Bristol and regional offices in Ipswich, Dundee and Market Harborough.

For more information - www.curtisbanks.co.uk 

ANNEX

Template for 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	Christopher Banks
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Executive Chairman
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Curtis Banks Plc
b)	LEI	N/A
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	Curtis Banks Plc Ordinary Shares 0.5p
	Identification code	GB00BW0D4R71
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of Ordinary Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
			Price(s)	Volume(s)
			186.07p	79,900
d)	Aggregated information
	- Aggregated volume	79,900
	- Price	186.07p
e)	Date of the transaction	28 October 2016
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON)

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Rupert Curtis
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Executive Officer
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Curtis Banks Plc
b)	LEI	N/A
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	Curtis Banks Plc Ordinary Shares 0.5p
	Identification code	GB00BW0D4R71
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of Ordinary Shares in Self Invested Personal Pension held in the name of Colston Trustees
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
			Price(s)	Volume(s)
			26,631	186.07p
d)	Aggregated information
	- Aggregated volume	26,631
	- Price	186.07p
e)	Date of the transaction	28 October 2016
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON)

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Paul Tarran
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Financial Officer
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Curtis Banks Plc
b)	LEI	N/A
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	Curtis Banks Plc
	Identification code	GB00BW0D4R71
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of Ordinary Shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
			Price(s)	Volume(s)
			186.07p	26,631
d)	Aggregated information
	- Aggregated volume	26,631
	- Price	186.07p
e)	Date of the transaction	27 October 2016
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON)

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Kristian Morgans
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Information Officer
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Curtis Banks Plc
b)	LEI	N/A
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	Curtis Banks Plc Ordinary Shares 0.5p
	Identification code	GB00BW0D4R71
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of Ordinary Shares in Self Invested Personal Pension held in the name of Colston Trustees
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
			Price(s)	Volume(s)
			186.07p	10,562
d)	Aggregated information
	- Aggregated volume	10,562
	- Price	186.07p
e)	Date of the transaction	28 October 2016
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON)

 

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