Director Shareholdings

RNS Number : 0928B

Sopheon PLC

31 March 2017

 

 

SOPHEON PLC

("Sopheon" or the "Company")

DIRECTOR SHAREHOLDINGS

Sopheon has been notified that certain directors of the Company have undertaken share transfers details of which are given below.

Barry Mence has transferred 3,000 ordinary shares of 20 pence each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") to be held through his self-invested personal pension ("SIPP"). Barry Mence has also transferred 8,500 Ordinary Shares to his wife Maria Mence, and she has then transferred 3,000 Ordinary Shares to be held through her individual savings account ("ISA"). Barry Mence's total beneficial interest in Ordinary Shares, including those held by his wife, remains unchanged at 1,447,576 Ordinary Shares.

Stuart Silcock has held a non-beneficial interest in 4,000 Ordinary Shares held in trust for his adult children, these have now been transferred into their own names.

Stuart Silcock's SIPP has bought 11,000 Ordinary Shares held in his own name as Bare Trustee for his grandchildren. In addition, he has transferred 8,500 Ordinary Shares to his wife, Christine Silcock and she has then transferred 2,800 Ordinary Shares to be held through her ISA. As a result, Stuart Silcock's total beneficial interest in Ordinary Shares including those of his wife, as well as his interest in Ordinary Shares held in Bare Trust for his grandchildren, remains unchanged at 274,627 Ordinary Shares.

Arif Karimjee has transferred 17,500 Ordinary Shares held in his own name to his brokerage account.  He has then transferred 1,500 Ordinary Shares to be held through his ISA, and 1,500 Ordinary Shares to be held through his SIPP. His total beneficial interest in Ordinary Shares remains unchanged at 50,000 Ordinary Shares.

For further information contact:

Barry Mence, Chairman Arif Karimjee, CFO	Sopheon plc	+ 44 (0) 1276 919 560
Carl Holmes/Giles Rolls (corporate finance) Mia Gardener (corporate broking)	finnCap	+ 44 (0) 20 7220 0500

About Sopheon. Sopheon (LSE: SPE) partners with customers to provide complete enterprise innovation management solutions including software, expertise, and best practices, that enable them to achieve exceptional long-term revenue growth and profitability. Sopheon's Accolade solution provides unique, fully-integrated coverage for the entire innovation management and new product development lifecycle, including strategic innovation planning, roadmapping, idea and concept development, process and project management, portfolio management and resource planning. Sopheon's solutions have been implemented by over 200 customers with over 60,000 users in over 50 countries. Sopheon is listed on AIM, operated by the London Stock Exchange. For more information, please visit www.sopheon.com.

 

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Barry Mence
2.	Reason for the Notification
a)	Position/status	PDMR
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Sopheon plc
b)	LEI	n/a
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 20p
	Identification code	GB00BSZM1369
b)	Nature of the transaction	Transfer of 8,500 Ordinary Shares to spouse and 3,000 Ordinary Shares to SIPP
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) Nil 8,500 £4.365 3,000
d)	Aggregated information: ·      Aggregated volume ·      Price	As per 4(c) above
e)	Date of the transaction	30 March 2017
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON)

 

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Maria Mence
2.	Reason for the Notification
a)	Position/status	PCA of PDMR
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Sopheon plc
b)	LEI	n/a
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 20p
	Identification code	GB00BSZM1369
b)	Nature of the transaction	Recipient of 8,500 gifted Ordinary Shares Transfer of 3,000 Ordinary Shares to ISA
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) Nil 8,500 £4.37 3,000
d)	Aggregated information: ·      Aggregated volume ·      Price	As per 4(c) above
e)	Date of the transaction	30 March 2017
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON)

 

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Stuart Silcock
2.	Reason for the Notification
a)	Position/status	PDMR
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Sopheon plc
b)	LEI	n/a
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 20p
	Identification code	GB00BSZM1369
b)	Nature of the transaction	Transfer of 4,000 Ordinary Shares held in trust to children, 8,500 Ordinary Shares to spouse and 11,000 Ordinary Shares held in trust for grandchildren to SIPP
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) Nil 4,000 Nil 8,500 £4.27 11,000
d)	Aggregated information: ·      Aggregated volume ·      Price	As per 4(c) above
e)	Date of the transaction	30 March 2017
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON)

 

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

5.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Christine Silcock
6.	Reason for the Notification
a)	Position/status	PDMR
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial notification
7.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Sopheon plc
b)	LEI	n/a
8.	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 20p
	Identification code	GB00BSZM1369
b)	Nature of the transaction	Recipient of 8,500 gifted Ordinary Shares Transfer of 2,800 Ordinary Shares to ISA
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) Nil 8,500 £4.34 2,800
d)	Aggregated information: ·      Aggregated volume ·      Price	As per 4(c) above
e)	Date of the transaction	30 March 2017
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON)

 

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

1.	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Arif Karimjee
2.	Reason for the Notification
a)	Position/status	PDMR
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Sopheon plc
b)	LEI	n/a
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 20p
	Identification code	GB00BSZM1369
b)	Nature of the transaction	Transfer of 17,500 Ordinary Shares to brokerage account, of which 1,500 Ordinary Shares transferred to ISA and 1,500 Ordinary Shares to SIPP
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) Nil 17,500 £4.26 1,500 £4.26 1,500
d)	Aggregated information: ·      Aggregated volume ·      Price	As per 4(c) above
e)	Date of the transaction	30 March 2017
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON)

The information communicated in this announcement is inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of Regulation 596/2014.

 

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