Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 1353L

Rotala PLC

30 August 2012

 



30 August 2012

Rotala plc

("Rotala" or "the Company")

Directors' Dealings

Rotala has been notified of the following Director's Dealing which occurred on 29 August 2012:

John Gunn, the Non-Executive Chairman of the Company, has, from his direct and indirect interests in the Company, sold £200,000 nominal of the Company's Convertible Unsecured Loan Stock ("CULS") at a price of £1.01 per £1 unit. This Loan Stock bears a coupon of 8% per annum and is repayable on 31 December 2014 or is convertible into ordinary shares of the Company at a rate of 45 pence per share at any time up to that date. Following this sale John Gunn has an interest, directly and indirectly, in £580,850 nominal of this Loan Stock (being 25.08 per cent. of the loan stock currently in issue).

The sale of the £200,000 of the CULS was made up of the following elements:

1.   The Ingrid Croft Trust, (of which John Gunn, the Non-Executive Chairman of the Company, is a trustee but not a beneficiary), sold £28,000 in nominal value of the CULS. Following this sale, the Ingrid Croft Trust has an interest in £30,000 of the CULS (representing 1.30 per cent. of the CULS in issue);

2.   The Natalie Haynes Trust (of which John Gunn, the Non-Executive Chairman of the Company, is a trustee but not a beneficiary), sold £30,000 in nominal value of the CULS. Following this sale, the Natalie Haynes Trust has an interest in £45,000 of the CULS (representing 1.94 per cent. of the CULS in issue);

3.   The Alison Pople Trust (of which John Gunn, the Non-Executive Chairman of the Company, is a trustee but not a beneficiary), sold £12,000 in nominal value of the CULS. Following this sale, the Alison Pople Trust has an interest in £30,000 of the CULS (representing 1.30 per cent. of the CULS in issue);

4.   The 181 Fund Limited, (of which John Gunn, the Non-Executive Chairman of the Company, is both a director and, through his beneficial interests, a holder of 25.02% of the ordinary share capital), sold £130,000 in nominal value of the CULS. Following this sale the 181 Fund Limited has an interest in £475,850 of the CULS (representing 20.54% of the CULS in issue).

For further information please contact:

Rotala Plc
John Gunn, Chairman	020 7602 7500
Simon Dunn, Chief Executive	07825 808 525
Kim Taylor, Group Finance Director	07825 808 529
Numis Securities Limited	020 7260 1000
David Poutney (Corporate Broker); Stuart Skinner/Richard Thomas (Nominated Adviser)

 

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