REG - Creightons PLC - Director/PDMR Shareholding, Total Voting Rights

CreightonsAnnouncement

22/10/2021 07:00

RNS Number : 8794P
  
Creightons PLC
  
22 October 2021
  
 

 
22 October 2021
 
 
 
Creightons PLC ("Creightons" or the "Company")
 
Director/PDMR Option Exercise, Share Transfer 
Dealing and Total Voting Rights
 
Creightons plc (LSE: CRL), manufacturers of personal care, beauty, and fragrance products announces that Mr Bernard Johnson, Director, has exercised options issued under the Company's share option scheme (the "Option Scheme") over 200,000 ordinary 1p shares in the Company at 26.80 pence per share, and that Mr Johnson's beneficial holding in the Company after this transaction will be 5,578,844 ordinary 1p shares (8.17% of the expanded share capital detailed below).
 
Mr Johnson has also advised the Company that he has today transferred 36,500 ordinary 1p shares into his ISA at £1.05 per share. This does not alter his total beneficial holding in the Company.
The Company has also issued a further 509,151 ordinary 1p shares to other employees who have exercised options issued under the Option Scheme which is subject to a block listing facility. As a result of these issues, the total number of ordinary 1p shares in issue now stands at 68,361,394 and the total number of voting rights in the Company is therefore 68,361,394
The above figure of 68,361,394 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculation by which they may determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules. 
Following these share issues the Company has the ability to issue a further 6,897,849 ordinary 1p shares under its block listing facility.  
On 18th October 2018, the Company announced that it had granted options over a total of   7,580,800 ordinary 1p shares to 356 employees of companies in the Group and the Company's then eight directors as part of the Company's policy of providing long-term share-linked and tax-effective incentives to all employees and directors of the Group. 
These options were granted under the Company's 2014 and 2018 Share Option Plans and at the time represented a total dilution of 12.16% of the Company's total equity. All employees with more than 3 years' service were included in the grant of options. The Board believed this remains an effective way of rewarding service and commitment to the Group and to provide on-going incentives to all employees and directors.
 
Market Abuse Regulation
 
This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 ("MAR") as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ("UK MAR").
 
Contacts
 
Nicholas O'Shea, Creightons plc                                                                                 01733 281000
Roland Cornish /Felicity Geidt, Beaumont Cornish Limited                                  0207 628 3396
 
The notification below, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, provides further detail in respect of the Directors subscribing for Director Shares as described above. 
 
Bernard Johnson - exercise of options
 




1


Details  of  the  person  discharging  managerial  responsibilities  /  person  closely associated




a)


Name


Bernard Johnson




2


Reason for notification




a)


Position / status


Director 




b)


Initial notification
/Amendment


Initial 




3


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




a)


Name


Creightons plc




b) 


LEI


213800WROWAJUBGSAJ57




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 1pence each in Creightons plc
 
ISIN GB0002341666




 


Nature of the transaction


Option Exercise




 


Price(s) and volumes(s)


 




Price(s)


Volumes(s)




£0.268


200,000




 




d)


Aggregated information


n/a




e)


Date of the transaction


21 October 2021  




f)


Place of the transaction


London Stock Exchange, (GLR)




 

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