REG - Iomart Group PLC - Director Shareholding and Total Voting Rights

iomartAnnouncement

05/10/2020 17:55

RNS Number : 1564B
  
Iomart Group PLC
  
05 October 2020
  
 

 
05 October 2020
iomart Group plc
(the "Company")
Director Shareholding and Total Voting Rights
iomart (AIM: IOM), the cloud computing company, announces that on 1 October 2020 Angus MacSween, Non-Executive Director, exercised 3,560 options over ordinary shares of 1 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") at an exercise price of 252.8 pence per share in relation to the Company's SAYE share option plan. Angus notified the Company on 2 October 2020 that all 3,560 Ordinary Shares were sold on 1 October 2020 at a price of 352.0 pence per share.
 
Following these transactions, the beneficial holding of Angus MacSween in the Company remains 17,003,409 Ordinary Shares, which represents 15.5% of the total voting rights in the Company.
Total Voting Rights
 
The Ordinary Shares which were acquired and sold by Angus, as well as other Ordinary Shares acquired by employees following the exercise of their SAYE share options, totalled 74,047 Ordinary Shares.
 
The total number of Ordinary Shares of 1 pence each of iomart Group plc as at the date of this notice is 109,227,840. There are 140,773 Ordinary Shares in the iomart Group plc Employee Benefit Trust and the Company holds none of its Ordinary Shares in treasury.
 
Therefore, the total number of voting rights in iomart Group plc is 109,368,613. 
This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, iomart Group plc, under the Disclosures and Transparency Rules.
The attached notifications, which have been made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, provide further detail.



1.         


Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated




a.          


Name


Angus MacSween




2.          


Reason for the notification




a.          


Position/status


Non-Executive Director




b.          


Initial notification
/Amendment


Initial notification




3.          


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




a.         


Name


iomart Group plc




b.         


LEI


213800MME6X5NGP7NC68




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 1p each
 
 
GB0004281639




b.          


Nature of the transaction


Exercise of SAYE share options
 




c.          


Price(s) and volume(s)


 



Price(s)
 


Volume(s)




252.8p


3,560








d.          


Aggregated information
·      Aggregated volume
·      Price
 


 
3,560 shares
 
252.8p
 




e.          


Date of the transaction


1 October 2020




f.          


Place of the transaction


Outside a trading venue



 



1.          


Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated




a.          


Name


Angus MacSween




2.          


Reason for the notification




a.          


Position/status


Non-Executive Director




b.          


Initial notification
/Amendment


Initial notification




3.          


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




a.         


Name


iomart Group plc




b.         


LEI


213800MME6X5NGP7NC68




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 1p each
 
 
GB0004281639




b.          


Nature of the transaction


Sale of Ordinary Shares
 




c.          


Price(s) and volume(s)


 



Price(s)
 


Volume(s)




352.0p


3,560








d.          


Aggregated information
·      Aggregated volume
·      Price
 


 
3,560 shares
 
352.0p
 




e.          


Date of the transaction


1 October 2020




f.          


Place of the transaction


London Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON)



 
For further information:



 
iomart Group plc


 
Tel: 0141 931 6400




Reece Donovan, Chief Executive Officer








Scott Cunningham, Chief Financial Officer


















Peel Hunt LLP (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker)


Tel: 020 7418 8900




Edward Knight, Edward Allsopp, Nick Prowting


















Investec Bank PLC (Joint Broker)                                       


Tel: 020 7597 4000




Patrick Robb, Virginia Bull, Sebastian Lawrence


















Alma PR


Tel: 020 3405 0212




Caroline Forde, Helena Bogle







 
 

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