PDMR Exercise of Share Options

James Halstead PLC

08 April 2024

 

James Halstead plc                                                                        8 April 2024

("James Halstead" or the "Company")

(AIM:JHD)

PDMR Exercise of Share Options

James Halstead plc (AIM: JHD) announces that on 8 April 2024 the Company issued 32,384 ordinary shares of 5 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") following the exercise of share options under the James Halstead Share Option Plan by two Directors and PDMRs of the Company as detailed below:  

PDMR	Position	Number of Options exercised		Exercise Price
M Halstead	Group Chief Executive		17,802		135.145
G R Oliver	Group Finance Director		14,582		135.145

On completion of the exercise of the options, Mr Halstead subsequently transferred his newly issued Ordinary Shares to his spouse, Mrs C Halstead for nil consideration and Mr Oliver transferred his newly issued Ordinary Shares to his spouse, Mrs S Podesta-Oliver for nil consideration. Following the issue of the new Ordinary Shares, the number of Ordinary Shares in issue will increase to 416,786,436.

For the purpose of the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules ("DTRs"), the issued ordinary share capital of the Company following this allotment consists of 416,786,436 Ordinary shares with voting rights attached.  There are no Shares held in treasury.

The notification set out below, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulations, provides further detail.

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
	Name	1.   M Halstead 2.   G R Oliver 3.   C Halstead 4.   S Podesta-Oliver
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	1.  Group CEO / PDMR of the Company 2.  Group Finance Director / PRMR of the Company 3.  PCA to M Halstead 4.  PCA to G Oliver
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial Notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	James Halstead plc
b)	LEI	213800C8FFBYV06UL498
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	Ordinary Shares of 5p each
	Identification code	GB00B0LS8535
b)	Nature of the transaction	1.  Exercise of Share Option by M Halstead 2.  Exercise of Share Option by G R Oliver 3.  Transfer of Shares acquired by M Halstead to C Halstead 4.  Transfer of Shares acquired by G R Oliver to S Podesta-Oliver
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Prices per share	Volume(s)
		1.  135.145p 2.  135.145p 3.  nil 3.  nil	1.     17,802 2.     14,582 3.     17,802 3.     14,582
d)	Aggregated information
	- Aggregated volume	32,384
	- Price	135.145p
e)	Date of the transaction	08 April 2024
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange - AIM

Name of authorised official of issuer responsible for making notification:

David Fletcher, Company Secretary to James Halstead plc

 

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