REG - Angling Direct PLC - Director / PDMR Shareholding and TVR

Angling DirectAnnouncement

10/03/2025 10:00

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RNS Number : 0073A  Angling Direct PLC  10 March 2025

10 March 2025

 

Angling Direct plc

 

("Angling Direct" or "Company" or "Group")

 

Director / PDMR Shareholding and Total Voting Rights

 

Angling Direct plc (AIM: ANG), the leading omni-channel specialist fishing
tackle and equipment retailer, announces that Andy Torrance, Non-Executive
Chairman, has received 270,000 ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the Company
("Ordinary Shares") following the exercise today of 270,000 share options
awarded under the Company's Executive Director Share Option Scheme.

 

Following the exercise of the options, Andy Torrance holds 420,000 Ordinary
Shares in the capital of the Company, representing 0.6% of the Company's
issued share capital with voting rights.

 

The exercise of the options has been satisfied through the transfer of 270,000
Ordinary Shares held by the Company in treasury at an exercise price of 21
pence per Ordinary Share for total consideration of £56,700 paid by Mr
Torrance in cash.

 

Total Voting Rights

 

The Company's total issued share capital is 77,267,304 Ordinary Shares.
Following the transfer of 270,000 Ordinary Shares from treasury to Mr
Torrance, the Company now holds 2,193,000 Ordinary Shares in treasury.
Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 75,074,304. The
International Securities Identification Number for the Company's Ordinary
Shares is GB00BF1XGQ00.

 

The Notification of Dealing Form required in accordance with UK MAR is set out
below.

 

For further information please contact:

 

 Angling Direct plc                         via FTI Consulting

 Steven Crowe, Chief Executive Officer

 Sam Copeman, Chief Financial Officer
 Singer Capital Markets - NOMAD and Broker  +44 (0) 20 7496 3000

 Peter Steel

 Alex Bond

 Tom Salvesen

 James Todd
 FTI Consulting - Financial PR              +44 (0) 20 3727 1000

 Alex Beagley                               anglingdirect@fticonsulting.com

 Matthew Young

 Hannah Butler

 

About Angling Direct

 

Angling Direct is the leading omni-channel specialist fishing tackle retailer
in the UK, with an established and growing presence in Europe. Headquartered
in Norfolk UK, the Company sells fishing tackle products and related equipment
through its network of approximately 50 UK retail stores, as well as through
its leading digital platform (www.anglingdirect.co.uk) and the MyAD Fishing
Club app. The Company has three further native language websites in its key
European territories (www.anglingdirect.de, .fr, .nl), with orders fulfilled
by its international distribution centre in The Netherlands.

 

Angling Direct's purpose is to inspire everyone to get out and enjoy an
exceptional fishing experience, regardless of background or ability, in the
great outdoors. Angling Direct's active digital channels and its circa 500
colleagues contribute to the Company's ethos of care for the wider community
and the environment (www.anglingdirect.co.uk/sustainability). Angling Direct
currently sells over 25,000 fishing tackle products from industry leading
brands alongside its own brands 'Advanta', and entry level offering
'Discover'.

 

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                                                         Andrew Torrance
 2    Reason for the notification
 a)   Position/status                                              Non-Executive Chairman
 b)   Initial notification /Amendment                              Initial notification
 3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction
      platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
 a)   Name                                                         Angling Direct plc
 b)   LEI                                                          213800MZ7P7HZIRI7H93
 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 pence each

 
      Identification code

                                                                   GB00BF1XGQ00
 b)   Nature of the transaction                                    Exercise of options
 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)

Price     Volume
                                                                   21 pence  270,000
 d)   Aggregated information                                        N/A - single transaction

      - Aggregated volume

      - Price

 e)   Date of the transaction                                      10 March 2025
 f)   Place of the transaction                                     Outside a trading venue

d)

 

Aggregated information

 

- Aggregated volume

 

- Price

 

 N/A - single transaction

e)

Date of the transaction

10 March 2025

f)

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue

 

 

 

 

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