REG - Cerillion PLC - Exercise of Options and Director/PDMR Shareholding

CerillionAnnouncement

03/03/2020 07:00

RNS Number : 7663E
  
Cerillion PLC
  
03 March 2020
  
 

3 March 2020
AIM: CER
 
Cerillion plc
("Cerillion" or "the Company")
 
Exercise of Options and Director/PDMR shareholding
Total Voting Rights
 
Cerillion, the billing, charging and customer relationship management ("CRM") software solutions provider, announces that on 2 March 2020 options over 135,245 shares of 0.5 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") have been exercised, at £1.132 ("Options"). 135,245 shares have been issued to certain employees including the following persons discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMRs") pursuant to the Save-As-You-Earn Option Plan ("the Plan") details of which were announced on 6 January 2017, 8 February 2017 and 27 February 2020.




PDMR


Options granted under the Plan


Exercise price (£)


Shares held prior to exercise


Total number of shares held following exercise


Total number of shares held as % of issued share capital




Mark Nicholls


9,540


1.132


9,105


18,645


0.06




Andrew Smith


9,540


1.132


0


9,540


0.03




Mark Dingley


9,540


1.132


0


9,540


0.03




Richard Doughty


9,540


1.132


4,672


14,212


0.05




 
In order to facilitate this exercise of Options, a total of 135,245 shares have been transferred out of treasury. Following this exercise of Options, a total of 37,377 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.13 per cent of the Company's total voting rights, are now held in treasury and the total issued share capital has remained unchanged at 29,513,486 Ordinary Shares. Each Ordinary Share carries voting rights on the basis of one vote per Ordinary Share. Therefore, the total number of voting rights is 29,476,109.
 
The above figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for calculations to determine if they have a notifiable interest in Cerillion, under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules, or if such interest has changed.
 
The information below, set out in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, provides further detail on shares acquired.
 
For further information please contact:
 




Cerillion plc
Louis Hall, CEO
Oliver Gilchrist, CFO
 
 


 


c/o KTZ Communications
T: 020 3178 6378




 


 


 




Shore Capital (Nomad and Broker)


 


T: 020 7408 4090




Toby Gibbs, Mark Percy, Sarah Mather (Corporate Advisory), Henry Willcocks (Corporate Broking)


 


 




 


 


 




KTZ Communications


 


T: 020 3178 6378




Katie Tzouliadis, Dan Mahoney


 


 




 


 


 




 
About Cerillion
 
Cerillion has a 20-year track record in providing mission-critical software for billing, charging and customer relationship management ("CRM"), mainly to the telecommunications sector but also to other markets, including utilities and financial services. The Company has c. 90 customer installations across c. 40 countries.
 
Headquartered in London, Cerillion has operations in Pune, India, where its Global Solutions Centre is located, as well as in Sydney and Miami.
 
The business was originally part of Logica plc before its management buyout, led by CEO, Louis Hall, in 1999. The Company joined AIM in March 2016.
 
Notification of transactions of persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them




1 
 


Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated 
 




a) 
 


Name 
 
 


Mark Nicholls




2 
 


Reason for the notification 
 




a) 
 


Position/status 
 
 


Chief Operating Officer 




b) 
 


Initial notification /Amendment 
 
 


Initial Notification




3 
 


Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
 




a) 
 


Name 
 
 


Cerillion PLC




b) 
 


LEI 
 
 


213800ISIZMUC3P46850




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 
 
 


 
Ordinary shares of GBP 0.005 each 
 
GB00BYYX6C66




b) 
 


Nature of the transaction 
 
 


Exercise of options under the Save-As-You-Earn Option Plan
 
 




c) 
 


Price(s) and volume(s) 
 
 


 




Price(s)
 


Volume(s)




£1.132


9,540




 
 




d) 
 


Aggregated information 
 
 
- Aggregated volume 
 
 
- Price 
 
 


Not Applicable - Single Transaction
 
 
9,540
 
 
£1.132




e) 
 


Date of the transaction 
 
 


 
2 March 20020




f) 
 


Place of the transaction 
 
 


London Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON)




 




1 
 


Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated 
 




a) 
 


Name 
 
 


Andrew Smith




2 
 


Reason for the notification 
 




a) 
 


Position/status 
 
 


Marketing Director




b) 
 


Initial notification /Amendment 
 
 


Initial Notification




3 
 


Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
 




a) 
 


Name 
 
 


Cerillion PLC




b) 
 


LEI 
 
 


213800ISIZMUC3P46850




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 
 
 


 
Ordinary shares of GBP 0.005 each 
 
GB00BYYX6C66




b) 
 


Nature of the transaction 
 
 


Exercise of options under the Save-As-You-Earn Option Plan
 
 




c) 
 


Price(s) and volume(s) 
 
 


 




Price(s)
 


Volume(s)




£1.132


9,540




 
 




d) 
 


Aggregated information 
 
 
- Aggregated volume 
 
 
- Price 
 
 


Not Applicable - Single Transaction
 
 
9,540
 
 
£1.132




e) 
 


Date of the transaction 
 
 


 
2 March 20020




f) 
 


Place of the transaction 
 
 


London Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON)




 
 
 
 
 




1 
 


Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated 
 




a) 
 


Name 
 
 


Mark Dingley 




2 
 


Reason for the notification 
 




a) 
 


Position/status 
 
 


Financial Controller




b) 
 


Initial notification /Amendment 
 
 


Initial Notification




3 
 


Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
 




a) 
 


Name 
 
 


Cerillion PLC




b) 
 


LEI 
 
 


213800ISIZMUC3P46850




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 
 
 


 
Ordinary shares of GBP 0.005 each 
 
GB00BYYX6C66




b) 
 


Nature of the transaction 
 
 


Exercise of options under the Save-As-You-Earn Option Plan
 
 




c) 
 


Price(s) and volume(s) 
 
 


 




Price(s)
 


Volume(s)




£1.132


9,540




 
 




d) 
 


Aggregated information 
 
 
- Aggregated volume 
 
 
- Price 
 
 


Not Applicable - Single Transaction
 
 
9,540
 
 
£1.132




e) 
 


Date of the transaction 
 
 


 
2 March 20020




f) 
 


Place of the transaction 
 
 


London Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON)




 




1 
 


Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated 
 




a) 
 


Name 
 
 


Richard Doughty 




2 
 


Reason for the notification 
 




a) 
 


Position/status 
 
 


Business Development Director




b) 
 


Initial notification /Amendment 
 
 


Initial Notification




3 
 


Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor 
 




a) 
 


Name 
 
 


Cerillion PLC




b) 
 


LEI 
 
 


213800ISIZMUC3P46850




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 
 
 


 
Ordinary shares of GBP 0.005 each 
 
GB00BYYX6C66




b) 
 


Nature of the transaction 
 
 


Exercise of options under the Save-As-You-Earn Option Plan
 
 




c) 
 


Price(s) and volume(s) 
 
 


 




Price(s)
 


Volume(s)




£1.132


9,540




 
 




d) 
 


Aggregated information 
 
 
- Aggregated volume 
 
 
- Price 
 
 


Not Applicable - Single Transaction
 
 
9,540
 
 
£1.132




e) 
 


Date of the transaction 
 
 


 
2 March 20020




f) 
 


Place of the transaction 
 
 


London Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON)




 
 
 
 
 
 


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