Directors' Dealings

RNS Number : 2190E

CentralNic Group PLC

05 July 2021

 

05 July 2021

CentralNic Group Plc

Directors' Dealings

CentralNic Group plc (LSE:CNIC, "Company" or "CNIC") received notification on the 05 July 2021 from Kestrel Partners LLP ("Kestrel") that on the 30 June and 01 July 2021 it purchased, on behalf of its discretionary clients, an aggregate of 37,502 ordinary shares of £0.001 each ("Shares") in the Company at an average price of £0.83663 per share for accounts managed by Kestrel.

Mr Royde is a partner of, and holds a beneficial interest in, Kestrel. Mr Royde is also a shareholder in Kestrel Opportunities and is therefore deemed to have a beneficial interest in Kestrel Opportunities' entire legal holding in CNIC.

Following this transaction, Kestrel Opportunities holds (and consequently Mr Royde is deemed to have a beneficial interest in) 17,926,535 Shares in the Company, and other clients of Kestrel, in which Mr Royde has no beneficial interest hold 38,722,002 Shares in the Company.

On a combined basis, Kestrel indirectly holds voting rights over 56,648,537 Shares in the Company, which represents 22.55 per cent of the Company's issued share capital.

Kestrel's interest in the Shares in the Company is held through the following nominees:

Holding type	Nominee	No. of shares	% of issued share capital
Indirect	Bank of New York Nominees Ltd	17,926,535	7.14%
Indirect	JIM Nominees Limited	1,683,568	0.67%
Indirect	Bank of New York Nominees Ltd	24,042,291	9.57%
Indirect	CB NYK - CITIBANK N.A.-PRIVATE BK	12,996,143	5.17%

For further information contact:

CentralNic Group Plc Ben Crawford, Chief Executive Officer Don Baladasan, Group Managing Director Michael Riedl, Chief Financial Officer	[phone]
Zeus Capital Limited (NOMAD and Joint Broker) Nick Cowles / Jamie Peel (Corporate Finance) John Goold / Rupert Woolfenden  (Institutional Sales)	[phone] [phone]
Stifel (Joint Broker) Fred Walsh / Alex Price / Richard Short	[phone]
SEC Newgate (for Media) Bob Huxford / Tom Carnegie / Isabelle Smurfit	[phone] [e-mail]

ANNEX

Template for 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	Kestrel Partners LLP
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	PCA - Max Royde (non-executive director CentralNic Group plc)
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	Initial
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	CentralNic Group plc
b)	LEI	213800WAVVOPS85N2205
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	£0.001 Ordinary Shares ISIN: GB00BCCW4X83
b)	Nature of the transaction	Purchase
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) 30 June 2021 GBP 0.83757 27,275 Shares 01 July 2021 GBP 0.83411 10,227 Shares
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	Total 37,502 shares @ GBP 0.83663
e)	Date of the transaction	2021-06-30 & 2021-07-01
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