Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 7286D

Smart Metering Systems PLC

08 July 2016

 

8^th July 2016                                                              

 Smart Metering Systems plc

("SMS" or "the Company")

Director / PDMR Shareholding

Smart Metering Systems plc (AIM: SMS.L) confirms that it has today been informed of the following dealings in the ordinary shares in the Company ("Ordinary Shares"), all of which took place on 8 July 2016.

Glen Murray, Chief Financial Officer of SMS, exercised options held under the Company's Unapproved Share Option Scheme to acquire new 500,000 Ordinary Shares (the "New Ordinary Shares") at a price of 60 pence per Ordinary Share and subsequently sold 500,000 Ordinary Shares at 405 pence per Ordinary Share. Following these transactions Mr Murray has no interest in any Ordinary Shares.

The New Ordinary Shares have been admitted to trading on AIM under the block listing facility announced on 27 May 2015.

In addition, Rhys Wynn, Chief Operating Officer of SMS, sold 500,000 Ordinary Shares at a price of 405 pence per Ordinary Share. Following this disposal Mr Wynn is now interested in a total of 417,508 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.47 per cent. of the issued share capital of the Company.

Following the issue of the New Ordinary Shares, the Company has 89,201,326 Ordinary Shares in issue. SMS does not currently hold any shares in treasury. Accordingly, this figure of 89,201,326 Ordinary Shares may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

For further information:

Smart Metering Systems plc Alan Foy, Chief Executive Officer Glen Murray, Chief Financial Officer	0141 249 3850
Cenkos Securities Neil McDonald Nick Tulloch Beth McKiernan	0131 220 6939 / 0207 397 8900
Kreab Matthew Jervois Daniel Holgersson	020 7074 1800

Notes to Editors

About Smart Metering Systems

Established in 1995, Smart Metering Systems plc, headquartered in Glasgow, and also based in Livingston, Cardiff, Cambridge, Bolton, Doncaster, Rugby, and Normanton, connects, owns, operates and maintains metering systems and databases on behalf of major energy companies.

The Company provides full infrastructure design, installation, consultancy and project management services for new gas, electricity, water and telecoms connections for licenced energy and telecoms suppliers, end consumers and the UK's licensed electricity Distribution Network Owners (DNO's). The Company's full end to end energy services and consultancy business support large blue chip companies in the UK, as well as in Europe through its office in Milan.

The patented "plug and play" ADM™ device is deployed to approaching 100,000 industrial and commercial meters in the UK, which then delivers remote meter reading and half-hourly consumption analysis from installed gas meters with accreditation secured for potential application to water meters.

The Company was admitted to the AIM market in July 2011 and is now part of the FTSE AIM 50 index. For more information on SMS please visit the Company's website: www.sms-plc.com

 

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