Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 1295Y

Secure Trust Bank PLC

10 May 2021

 

PRESS RELEASE

Secure Trust Bank PLC

LEI: 213800CXIBLC2TMIGI76

10 May 2021

For immediate release

SECURE TRUST BANK PLC ("Secure Trust" or the "Company")

Exercise of Options, Issue of Equity

Secure Trust Bank (the "Company") announces that the following individuals, each PDMRs of the Company, as per the below, exercised share options under the 2017 Long Term Incentive Scheme ("LTIP") at an exercise price of 40 pence over a total of 2,162 ordinary shares of 40 pence each ("Ordinary Shares"):

Date	Participants.	Number of shares	Option Price
7 May 2021	David Nield	786	40p per share
7 May 2021	Jon Bowers	590	40p per share
7 May 2021	Kevin Hayes	786	40p per share

Mr Nield has retained all of the shares arising from the exercise of the LTIP options, electing to settle the tax and national insurance liabilities rather than sell shares to cover this cost. Mr Hayes has sold all of the shares arising from the exercise of his LTIP options. Mr Bowers has elected to sell sufficient shares to cover his tax and national insurance liability. As a consequence, Mr Bowers has retained 313 shares.

Secure Trust Bank (the "Company") announces that the following individuals, each PDMRs of the Company, as per the below, exercised share options under the 2017 Deferred Bonus  Scheme ("DBP") at an exercise price of 40 pence over a total of 826 ordinary shares of 40 pence each ("Ordinary Shares"):

Date	Participants.	Number of shares	Option Price
7 May 2021	David Nield	413	40p per share
7 May 2021	Kevin Hayes	413	40p per share

Mr Nield has retained all of the shares arising from the exercise of the DBP options, electing to settle the tax and national insurance liabilities rather than sell shares to cover this cost. Mr Hayes has sold all of the shares arising from the exercise of his DBP options.

A further four individuals, not PDMRs of the Company, have also elected to exercise share options, resulting in a total of 4,710 new shares in the Company being issued and allotted, including the above. The new Ordinary Shares were allotted from the Company's Block Listing authority. The shares will rank pari passu with the existing issued shares of the Company

Following Admission, the Company will have a total of 18,638,372 Ordinary Shares in issue (the "Enlarged Share Capital") each carrying one voting right. The Company does not hold any Ordinary Shares in Treasury. This figure of 18,638,372 Ordinary Shares 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 share capital of the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of EU Regulation 596/2014 and was authorized for release by the Disclosure Committee of the Company.

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name		Mr David Nield
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status		PDMR
b)	Initial notification/Amendment		Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer
a)	Name		Secure Trust Bank PLC
b)	LEI		213800CXIBLC2TMIGI76
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		Ordinary shares of 40p each in Secure Trust Bank PLC ISIN number GB00B6TKHP66 SEDOL number B6TKHP6
b)	Nature of the transaction		Exercise of an option
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)		Price(s) Volume(s) £0.40 per share 786
d)	Aggregated Information -  Aggregated volume -  Price		786 £0.40 per share
e)	Date of the transaction		2021-05-07
f)	Place of the transaction		London Stock Exchange
5		Securities
(a)		Type and class of securities		Fully paid ordinary shares of 40p each ISIN number GB00B6TKHP66 SEDOL number B6TKHP6

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name		Mr Jon Bowers
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status		PDMR
b)	Initial notification/Amendment		Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer
a)	Name		Secure Trust Bank PLC
b)	LEI		213800CXIBLC2TMIGI76
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		Ordinary shares of 40p each in Secure Trust Bank PLC ISIN number GB00B6TKHP66 SEDOL number B6TKHP6
b)	Nature of the transaction		Exercise of an option
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)		Price(s) Volume(s) £0.40 per share 590
d)	Aggregated Information -  Aggregated volume -  Price		590 £0.40 per share
e)	Date of the transaction		2020-05-07
f)	Place of the transaction		London Stock Exchange
5		Securities
(a)		Type and class of securities		Fully paid ordinary shares of 40p each ISIN number GB00B6TKHP66 SEDOL number B6TKHP6

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name		Mr Kevin Hayes
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status		PDMR
b)	Initial notification/Amendment		Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer
a)	Name		Secure Trust Bank PLC
b)	LEI		213800CXIBLC2TMIGI76
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		Ordinary shares of 40p each in Secure Trust Bank PLC ISIN number GB00B6TKHP66 SEDOL number B6TKHP6
b)	Nature of the transaction		Exercise of an option
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)		Price(s) Volume(s) N/a 786
d)	Aggregated Information -  Aggregated volume -  Price		786 £0.40 per share
e)	Date of the transaction		2020-05-07
f)	Place of the transaction		London Stock Exchange
5		Securities
(a)		Type and class of securities		Fully paid ordinary shares of 40p each ISIN number GB00B6TKHP66 SEDOL number B6TKHP6

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name		Mr Kevin Hayes
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status		PDMR
b)	Initial notification/Amendment		Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer
a)	Name		Secure Trust Bank PLC
b)	LEI		213800CXIBLC2TMIGI76
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		Ordinary shares of 40p each in Secure Trust Bank PLC ISIN number GB00B6TKHP66 SEDOL number B6TKHP6
b)	Nature of the transaction		Exercise of an option
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)		Price(s) Volume(s) N/a 413
d)	Aggregated Information -  Aggregated volume -  Price		413 £0.40 per share
e)	Date of the transaction		2020-05-07
f)	Place of the transaction		London Stock Exchange
5		Securities
(a)		Type and class of securities		Fully paid ordinary shares of 40p each ISIN number GB00B6TKHP66 SEDOL number B6TKHP6

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name		Mr David Nield
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status		PDMR
b)	Initial notification/Amendment		Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer
a)	Name		Secure Trust Bank PLC
b)	LEI		213800CXIBLC2TMIGI76
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		Ordinary shares of 40p each in Secure Trust Bank PLC ISIN number GB00B6TKHP66 SEDOL number B6TKHP6
b)	Nature of the transaction		Exercise of an option
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)		Price(s) Volume(s) £0.40 per share 413
d)	Aggregated Information -  Aggregated volume -  Price		413 £0.40 per share
e)	Date of the transaction		2021-05-07
f)	Place of the transaction		London Stock Exchange
5		Securities
(a)		Type and class of securities		Fully paid ordinary shares of 40p each ISIN number GB00B6TKHP66 SEDOL number B6TKHP6

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name		Mr Jon Bowers
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status		PDMR
b)	Initial notification/Amendment		Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer
a)	Name		Secure Trust Bank PLC
b)	LEI		213800CXIBLC2TMIGI76
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		Ordinary shares of 40p each in Secure Trust Bank PLC ISIN number GB00B6TKHP66 SEDOL number B6TKHP6
b)	Nature of the transaction		Sale of shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)		Price(s) Volume(s) £11.65 per share 277
d)	Aggregated Information -  Aggregated volume -  Price		277 £11.65 per share
e)	Date of the transaction		2020-05-07
f)	Place of the transaction		London Stock Exchange
5		Securities
(a)		Type and class of securities		Fully paid ordinary shares of 40p each ISIN number GB00B6TKHP66 SEDOL number B6TKHP6

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name		Mr Kevin Hayes
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status		PDMR
b)	Initial notification/Amendment		Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer
a)	Name		Secure Trust Bank PLC
b)	LEI		213800CXIBLC2TMIGI76
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		Ordinary shares of 40p each in Secure Trust Bank PLC ISIN number GB00B6TKHP66 SEDOL number B6TKHP6
b)	Nature of the transaction		Sale of shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)		Price(s) Volume(s) £11.65 per share 1,199
d)	Aggregated Information -  Aggregated volume -  Price		1,199 £11.65 per share
e)	Date of the transaction		2020-05-07
f)	Place of the transaction		London Stock Exchange
5		Securities
(a)		Type and class of securities		Fully paid ordinary shares of 40p each ISIN number GB00B6TKHP66 SEDOL number B6TKHP6

Enquiries:

Mark Stevens

Company Secretary

Secure Trust Bank PLC

[phone]

Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited (Joint Broker)

Stewart Wallace

Tel: [phone] 

Canaccord Genuity Limited (Joint Broker)

David Tyrrell

Tel: [phone]

Tulchan Communications

Tom Murray/Sheebani Chothani

Tel: [phone]

 

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