Vesting of Restricted Stock Units, PDMR and TVR

RNS Number : 1690D

Diversified Energy Company PLC

01 March 2022

 

1 March 2022

Diversified Energy Company PLC

(the "Company")

Vesting of Restricted Stock Units, PDMR Share Dealings and Total Voting Rights

Diversified Energy Company PLC (LSE: DEC), announces the vesting of 184,274 Restricted Stock Units ("RSUs") previously issued under the Company's equity incentive plan to Rusty Hutson, Jr., Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director. Accordingly, Diversified has issued and allotted an aggregate of 101,523 new ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the Company (the "New Shares") (net of withholding tax).

The Company has applied for the New Shares to be admitted to the Premium Listing Segment of the Official List of the Financial Conduct Authority and to trading on the main market of the London Stock Exchange PLC, and expects admission to occur on or around 7 March 2022. The New Shares will rank pari passu in all respects with the Company's existing ordinary shares of 1 pence each ("Ordinary Shares").

Mr. Hutson, Jr. now holds 21,274,422 shares in the Company, representing 2.50% of the Company's issued share capital following admission of the New Shares.

Including the New Shares, the Company has 850,046,551 Ordinary Shares in issue and holds no Ordinary Shares in treasury. Shareholders may use the 850,046,551 as the denominator in calculations to determine if they must notify the Company of their interest in, or a change to their invested interest under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

For further information, please contact:

Diversified Energy Company PLC	[phone]
Jim Sheehan
www.div.energy
[e-mail]
Buchanan	[phone]
Financial Public Relations
Ben Romney
Chris Judd
Jon Krinks
James Husband
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About Diversified Energy Company PLC

Diversified Energy Company PLC is an independent energy company engaged in the production, marketing and transportation of primarily natural gas related to its synergistic US onshore upstream and midstream assets.

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	Rusty Hutson, Jr.
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Diversified Energy Company PLC
b)	LEI	213800YR9TFRVHPGOS67
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	Bonus award of restricted stock units constituting a right to acquire Ordinary Shares of 1p each
	Identification code	GB00BYX7JT74
b)	Nature of the transaction	Vesting of restricted stock units under the Company's equity incentive plan
c)	Price(s) and volumes(s)	Price(s)	Volume(s)
		£Nil	101,523
d)	Aggregated information	N/A single transaction
	Aggregated volume	N/A single transaction
	Price	N/A single transaction
e)	Date of the transaction	26 February 2022
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue (XOFF)

 

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