REG - Celebrus Tech - Exercise of Share Options, Director Dealing & TVR

Celebrus TechnologiesAnnouncement

28/10/2024 15:00

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RNS Number : 9180J  Celebrus Technologies PLC  28 October 2024

 

Celebrus Technologies plc

 

Exercise of Share Options and Director Dealing

Transfer of Treasury Shares

and TVR

 

Celebrus Technologies plc (AIM: CLBS, "the Group", "Celebrus"), the AIM-listed
data solutions provider, announces the transfer from treasury of 377,325
ordinary shares of 2p each ("Ordinary Shares") pursuant to the exercise of
employee share options ("Share Options") and the subsequent acquisition by the
Company of 70,000 of such Ordinary Shares back into Treasury at a price of 275
pence per share on 28 October 2024.

 

Director Dealing

Bill Bruno and Ash Mehta have participated in the above exercise of Share
Options, exercising 153,721 and 73,883 Share Options, respectively held under
the terms of the Celebrus Technologies plc Long-Term Investment Plan.
 Following the exercises they have both sold sufficient Ordinary Shares to
cover their tax liabilities, being 67,040 and 34,383 Ordinary Shares
respectively. Following the above transactions Bill Bruno holds 153,681
Ordinary Shares, representing 0.39 per cent. of the Company's total voting
rights, and Ash Mehta holds 120,070 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.30 per
cent. of the Company's total voting rights.  The option exercise price was
£0.02 per share with shares sold at 275p per share.  Further details are set
out below.

 

Total Voting Rights

 

Following the above transaction the Company advises that its issued share
capital stands at 40,431,453 Ordinary Shares, with 685,884 Ordinary Shares
held in treasury. Consequently, the total voting rights of the Company is
39,745,569.

 

The above voting rights figure of 39,745,569 may be used by shareholders as
the denominator for the calculations by which they determine if they are
required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the
Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

 

 Enquiries

 Celebrus Technologies plc                         +44 (0) 1932 893333

 Bill Bruno, Chief Executive Officer               investors@celebrus.com

 Ash Mehta, Chief Financial Officer

 Cavendish (Nominated Adviser & Joint Broker)      +44 (0) 20 7220 0500

 Julian Blunt / Edward Whiley, Corporate Finance

 Tim Redfern, Corporate Broking

 Canaccord Genuity (Joint Broker)                  +44 (0) 20 7523 8000

 Simon Bridges / Andrew Potts

 

About Celebrus Technologies plc

As a disruptive data technology platform, Celebrus is focused on improving the
relationships between brands and consumers via better data. Celebrus redefines
what digital identity verification means to power both next-level marketing
and fraud prevention use cases. Deployed across 30+ countries throughout the
financial services, healthcare, retail, travel, and telecommunications
sectors, Celebrus automatically captures, contextualises, and activates
consumer behavioral data in live-time across all digital channels. Through the
addition of behavioral biometrics and AI, Celebrus empowers brands to detect
and prevent fraud before it occurs. To ensure that brands can begin to improve
those relationships quickly, Celebrus Cloud activates the Celebrus platform
efficiently for brands in a single-tenant, private cloud capacity.

The Group has offices in the UK, USA, and India with key talent in all markets
to drive the growth of the business. Celebrus is fully compliant with all
major data privacy regulations and the Group is accredited to ISO27001:
Information Security Management.

 

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                                                         1.   Bill Bruno

                                                                   2.     Ash Mehta
 2    Reason for the notification

 a)   Position/status                                              1.   Chief Executive Officer

                                                                   2.   Chief Financial Officer

 b)   Initial notification /Amendment                              Initial notification

 3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction

    platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

 a)   Name                                                         Celebrus Technologies plc

 b)   LEI                                                          213800HP3XUS3KTGWT63

 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 2 pence each

      Identification code

                                                                   ISIN: GB0001351955

 b)   Nature of the transaction                                    Exercise of Share Options and Sale of Ordinary Shares

 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)                                       Exercise of Share Options:

                                                                   1.   Bill Bruno: 153,721 Ordinary Shares at £0.02 each

                                                                   2.   Ash Mehta: 73,883 Ordinary Shares at £0.02 each

                                                                   Sale of Ordinary Share:

                                                                   1.   Bill Bruno: 67,040 Ordinary Shares at 275 pence each

                                                                   2.   Ash Mehta: 34,383 Ordinary Shares at 275 pence each

 d)   Aggregated information                                       Aggregate Option Exercise Volume: 227,604

      - Aggregated volume

      - Price                                                      Average Option Exercise Price: £0.02

                                                                   Aggregate Sales Volume: 101,423

                                                                   Average Sales Price:  275p

 e)   Date of the transaction                                      Option exercise: 28/10/2024

                                                                   Share sale: 28/10/2024

 f)   Place of the transaction                                     Option exercise: outside a trading venue

                                                                   Share Sale: London Stock Exchange, AIM

 

 

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