Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 1203V

East Imperial PLC

09 December 2021

 

9 December 2021

East Imperial plc

("East Imperial" or the "Company")

Director Shareholding

East Imperial, the global purveyor of ultra-premium beverages, announces that, on 1 December 2021, Rabindra Lal Soni (Rob Soni), former Chairperson of the Company acquired 2,420,009 ordinary shares of 1 pence per share in the capital of the Company, and Andrew Robertson, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Company, acquired 4,361,500 ordinary shares of 1 pence per share in the capital of the Company  (together, the "New Ordinary Shares"), in each case pursuant to the terms of the Company's Unapproved Option Scheme adopted by the Directors on 19 July 2021.

Application will be made to the London Stock Exchange plc for the New Ordinary Shares, which will rank pari passu with the Company's existing ordinary shares, to be admitted to trading on the Main Market.

Following admission of the New Ordinary Shares, the Company's issued ordinary share capital will comprise 305,772,114 ordinary shares, none of which are held in treasury. Therefore, the total number of ordinary shares with voting rights in East Imperial following admission will be 305,772,114.

The above figure of 305,772,114 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

Following the above, Mr Robertson holds a beneficial interest in 6,602,210 ordinary shares representing approximately 2.2 per cent of the Company's issued share capital.

The notifications below, made in accordance with the Market Abuse Regulation, provide further details.  

The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information for the purposes of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, as amended.  Upon the publication of this announcement via a Regulatory Information Service, this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain .

For more information on East Imperial, please visit https://investors.eastimperial.com. 

Enquiries:

MHP Communications

Peter Hewer [phone]

Rachel Mann [phone]

[e-mail]

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 with them ('PCA')
(a)	Name	Rabindra Lal Soni
(b)	Reason for the notification	Notification of person discharging managerial responsibilities (Chairperson at the date of the transaction)
(c)	The name of the relevant issuer or emission allowance market participant	East Imperial plc
(d)	A description and the identifier of the financial instrument Identification code:	Ordinary shares of 1 pence each ISIN: GB00BMZ1ND56
(e)	The nature of the transaction(s)	Acquisition of shares; allotment of shares following the exercise of an option to acquire shares in accordance with a share option agreement entered into between the Company and Rabindra Lal Soni, dated 19 July 2021.
(f)	The date and place of the transaction	1 December 2021 Outside of a trading venue
(g)	The price and volume of the transaction	Price Volume 1 pence 2,420,009

2.  Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated with them ('PCA')
(a)	Name	Andrew Robertson
(b)	Reason for the notification	Notification of person discharging managerial responsibilities (Chief Financial Officer of the Company)
(c)	The name of the relevant issuer or emission allowance market participant	East Imperial plc
(d)	A description and the identifier of the financial instrument Identification code:	Ordinary shares of 1 pence each ISIN: GB00BMZ1ND56
(e)	The nature of the transaction(s)	Acquisition of shares; allotment of shares following the exercise of an option to acquire shares in accordance with a share option agreement entered into between the Company and Andrew Robertson, dated 19 July 2021.
(f)	The date and place of the transaction	1 December 2021 Outside of a trading venue
(g)	The price and volume of the transaction	Price Volume 1 pence 4,361,500

 

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