Director/PDMR Shareholding & Holding(s) in Company

Aquila Services

14/03/2017 18:06

RNS Number : 4774Z

Aquila Services Group PLC

14 March 2017

For Immediate Release

14 March 2017

Aquila Services Group plc

("Aquila" or the "Company")

Director/PDMR Shareholding

And

Holding(s) in Company

The Company was notified on 10 March 2017 that Dr Fiona Underwood, Aquila's Joint CEO, has transferred 3,279,440 ordinary shares of 5p each in the Company she held in her own name to a nominee account at Old Mutual Plc for nil consideration.

Accordingly, Dr Underwood's beneficial holding has not changed as a result of this transfer and so she remains interested in 3,279,440 ordinary shares representing 10.04% of the Company's issued share capital. The notification in Appendix I below, is made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation.

In addition, the Company has received a TR-1 Notification from Old Mutual Plc, a copy of which is set out in Appendix II below without amendment.

For further information please visit www.aquilaservicesgroup.co.uk. or contact:

Aquila Services Group plc

Fiona Underwood

Tel: 020 7934 0175

Beaumont Cornish Limited, Financial Adviser

Roland Cornish

Tel: 020 7628 3396

APPENDIX I

1
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)
Name
Dr Fiona Underwood
2
Reason for notification
a)
Position / status
Joint Chief Executive Officer
b)
Initial notification
/Amendment
Initial
3
Detailsoftheissuer, emissionallowancemarketparticipant,auctionplatform, auctioneerorauctionmonitor
a)
Name
Aquila Services Group plc
b)
LEI
Being applied for
4
Detailsofthetransaction(s): sectiontoberepeatedfor(i)eachtypeofinstrument; (ii)eachtypeoftransaction;(iii)eachdate;and(iv)eachplace wheretransactions havebeenconducted
a)
Description of the financial instrument, type ofinstrument
Identification code
Ordinary shares of 5 pence each in Aquila Services Group plc
ISIN GB00BPYP3Q26
Nature of the transaction
Purchase of Ordinary Shares
Price(s) and volumes(s)
Price(s)
Volumes(s)
0p
3,279,440
d)
Aggregated information
n/a
e)
Date of the transaction
2017-03-09
f)
Place of the transaction
n/a

APPENDIX II

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are
attached:ii
Aquila Services Group Plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
X
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
notification obligation:iii
Old Mutual Plc
4. Full name of shareholder(s)(if different from 3.):iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or
reached:v
03/03/2017
6. Date on which issuer notified:
09/03/2017
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached:vi, vii
Crossed above 10%


8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to sharesviii, ix
Class/type of
shares
if possible using
the ISIN CODE
Situation previous
to the triggering
transaction
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
<3%
Number
of
Shares
Number
of
Voting
Rights
Number
of shares
Number of voting
rights
% of voting rights x
Direct
Direct xi
Indirect xii
Direct
Indirect
GB00BPYP3Q26
3,467,440
10.62%
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial
instrument
Expiration
date xiii
Exercise/
Conversion Period xiv
Number of voting
rights that may be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.
% of voting
rights
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instrumentsxv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial
instrument
Exercise price
Expiration date xvii
Exercise/
Conversion period xviii
Number of voting rights instrument refers to
% of voting rights xix, xx
N/A
Nominal
Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights
Percentage of voting rights
3,467,440
10.62%


9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:xxi
N/A
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease
to hold:
N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold
voting rights:
N/A

13. Additional information:
Please note that this is an opening disclosure for Old Mutual Plc.
14. Contact name:
Rose Coyle
15. Contact telephone number:
0207 002 7503


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