Issue of Equity, PDMR and Total Voting Rights

Ramsdens Holdings PLC

29 January 2025

 

Ramsdens Holdings PLC

("Ramsdens", the Group, or the "Company")

Issue of Equity, Director/PDMR Shareholding and Total Voting Rights

Ramsdens Holdings PLC, the diversified financial services provider and retailer, announces the issuance of a total of 150,000 new ordinary shares in the capital of Company ("Ordinary Shares") pursuant to the exercise of options by Peter Kenyon, Chief Executive and Martin Clyburn, Chief Financial Officer.

On 27 January 2025, options over 90,000 Ordinary Shares and 60,000 Ordinary Shares were exercised by Peter Kenyon and Martin Clyburn, respectively, pursuant to the Company's Long-Term Incentive Plan 4.  Following the exercise of these options, Peter Kenyon and Martin Clyburn sold 90,000 and 60,000 Ordinary Shares, respectively at a price of 226 pence per Ordinary Share. Following the sale of shares, Peter Kenyon and Martin Clyburn hold 1,152,507 and 209,375 Ordinary Shares respectively, representing 3.61 per cent and 0.66 per cent of the issued share capital of the Company.

Application has been made for 150,000 new Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM ("Admission") and it is expected that Admission will become effective and trading will commence at 8.00 a.m. on 3 February 2025. Following Admission, the Company will have 32,046,632 Ordinary Shares in issue. The Company holds no shares in treasury. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company following Admission will be 32,046,632. This figure should be used by shareholders as the denominator for calculations by which they can determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, ordinary shares under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

DEALING NOTIFICATION FORM FOR USE BY PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND THEIR CLOSELY ASSOCIATED PERSONS

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Peter Kenyon
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	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	Name: Ramsdens Holdings PLC
b)	LEI	LEI: 2138009OAUOROKMFPK95
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 Identification code	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument: Ordinary shares of 1p each. Identification code: GB00BDR6V192
b)	Nature of the transaction	Sale of shares by PDMR Peter Kenyon
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 226p 90,000
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	Price(s) Volume(s) 226p 90,000
e)	Date of the transaction	27 January 2025
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Martin Clyburn
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chief Finance Officer
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial Notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Name: Ramsdens Holdings PLC
b)	LEI	LEI: 2138009OAUOROKMFPK95
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 Identification code	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument: Ordinary shares of 1p each. Identification code: GB00BDR6V192
b)	Nature of the transaction	Sale of shares by PDMR Martin Clyburn
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 226p 60,000
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	Price(s) Volume(s) 226p 60,000
e)	Date of the transaction	27 January 2025
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange

Enquiries:                  

Ramsdens Holdings PLC                                                      Tel: [phone]

Peter Kenyon, CEO

Martin Clyburn, CFO

Panmure Liberum Limited

(Nominated Adviser and Broker)                                     Tel: [phone]

Richard Lindley

Will King

Hudson Sandler

(Financial PR)                                                                        Tel: [phone]

Alex Brennan

Lucy Wollam-Coles

Emily Brooker

About Ramsdens

Ramsdens is a growing, diversified, financial services provider and retailer, operating in the four core business segments of foreign currency exchange, pawnbroking loans, precious metals buying and selling and retailing of second hand and new jewellery.  Ramsdens does not offer unsecured high-cost short term credit.

Headquartered on Teesside, the Group operates from 169 stores within the UK (including one franchised store) and has a growing online presence.

Ramsdens is fully FCA authorised for its pawnbroking and credit broking activities and as an authorised payment institution.

www.ramsdensplc.com

www.ramsdensjewellery.co.uk

www.ramsdenscurrency.co.uk

www.ramsdenspawnbrokers.co.uk

 

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