Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 4739D

Curtis Banks Group PLC

09 October 2018

 

9 October 2018

Curtis Banks Group plc

Director/PDMR Option Grant

Curtis Banks Group plc ("Curtis Banks" or the "Company") announces that it has awarded share options over 210,162 ordinary shares in the Company to a director and certain employees, including share options over 55,559 ordinary shares to William Self, Deputy Chief Executive.

PDMR transaction disclosures required under the Market Abuse Regulation are summarised in the Annex below.

For more information:

Curtis Banks Group plc	www.curtisbanks.co.uk
Rupert Curtis - Chief Executive Officer	[phone]
Paul Tarran - Chief Financial Officer
Will Self - Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Peel Hunt LLP (Nominated Adviser & Broker)	[phone]
Guy Wiehahn Rishi Shah
N+1 Singer (Joint Broker)	[phone]
Mark Taylor Rachel Hayes
Camarco	[phone]
Ed Gascoigne-Pees Hazel Stevenson Jane Glover

Notes to Editors on Curtis Banks:

Curtis Banks administers over 77,000 Self-Invested Pension Schemes, 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 currently employs approximately 570 staff in its head office in Bristol and regional offices in Ipswich and Dundee.

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	William Arthur Self
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Deputy 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	Curtis Banks Group Plc
b)	LEI	213800LYP7YTVDXRMP40
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	55,559 options over ordinary shares with a nominal value of 0.5 pence each at an exercise price of nil per share. The options will vest 36 months from the grant date. Vesting is conditional on the achievement of certain performance conditions determined by the percentage growth of the adjusted EPS of the Company over the vesting period. No options will vest if the average annual growth is below RPI+2% and all the options will vest if average annual growth of RPI+8% is achieved.
	Identification code	GB00BW0D4R71
b)	Nature of the transaction	Will Self has been awarded share options over 55,559 ordinary shares under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)
			Exercise Price		Volume
			nil		55,559
d)	Aggregated information
	- Aggregated volume			Exercise Price		Volume
				nil		55,559
	- Price
e)	Date of the transaction	05 October 2018
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON)

 

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