REG - Starvest PLC - Issue of Equity, TVR and Directors' Holdings
RNS Number : 5864YStarvest PLC22 August 201822 August 2018
Starvest Plc ("Starvest" or "the Company")
Issue of Equity, Total Voting Rights and Directors' Holdings
The Company is pleased to announce that it has resolved to issue a total of 1,066,667 new Ordinary shares of £0.01 in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 2.25p per Ordinary Share as follows to two of its directors in lieu of fees for the three months ended 30 June 2018. The issue of new Ordinary Shares to directors is in accordance with the Company's enhanced focus on limiting the outflow of cash from the business, thereby preserving cash for investment opportunities as they present themselves.
The following table shows the number of new Ordinary Shares issued and their resultant total holdings:
Shareholder/Director name
Number of ordinary shares issued
Interest in enlarged issued share capital
% of enlarged share capital
Callum N Baxter
844,444
4,552,014
8.4
Gemma Cryan
222,222
867,977
1.6
Application will be made for the new shares to be admitted to trading on AIM with admission expected to take place on, or around, 30 August 2018.
Following admission, the Company's enlarged share capital will comprise 53,964,830 Ordinary Shares. No shares are held in Treasury. Therefore, the total number of Ordinary Shares with voting rights is 53,964,830. This figure 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 Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
The information contained within this announcement is deemed to constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulations (EU) No. 596/2014. Upon the publication of this announcement, this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain.
Callum N Baxter
Chairman & Chief Executive
22 August 2018
Enquiries to:
Starvest PLC
Callum Baxter Chairman/CEO 07922 255 933 cbaxter@starvest.co.uk
Grant Thornton UK LLP (Nomad)
Colin Aaronson, Harrison Clarke or Seamus Fricker 020 7383 5100
SI Capital Ltd (Appointed Broker)
Nick Emerson or Alan Gunn 01483 413 500
The following disclosure is made in accordance with Article 19 of the EU Market Abuse Regulation 596/2014.
1
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)
Name
Callum Baxter
2
Reason for the notification
a)
Position/status
Chairman and CEO
b)
Initial notification /Amendment
Initial Notification
3
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)
Name
Starvest Plc
b)
LEI
2138002RU77NWA794295
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 1.0p each
Identification code
ISIN: GB0009619817
b)
Nature of the transaction
Participation in Fundraise
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
Name
Price(s)
Volume(s)
Callum Baxter
2.25p
844,444
d)
Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
2.25 pence
e)
Date of the transaction
22 August 2018
f)
Place of the transaction
Outside a trading venue
1
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)
Name
Gemma Cryan
2
Reason for the notification
a)
Position/status
Director
b)
Initial notification /Amendment
Initial Notification
3
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)
Name
Starvest Plc
b)
LEI
2138002RU77NWA794295
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 1.0p each
Identification code
ISIN: GB0009619817
b)
Nature of the transaction
Participation in Fundraise
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
Name
Price(s)
Volume(s)
Gemma Cryan
2.25p
222,222
d)
Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
2.25 pence
e)
Date of the transaction
22 August 2018
f)
Place of the transaction
Outside a trading venue
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