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RNS Number : 5357DLok'nStore Group PLC27 April 2017Lok'nStore Group plc ("Lok'nStore" or "the Company")
Sale of Treasury Shares
Exercise of Options
Director Dealing
Total Voting Rights
Lok'nStore, the fast growing self-storage Company, is pleased to announce that on 26 April 2017 it sold 491,869 ordinary shares of 1 penny each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") held in treasury. At the same time, 255,000 Ordinary Shares were sold on behalf of certain directors of the Company (the "Directors"), as detailed below.
This sale was undertaken to satisfy demand for the Company's shares, and to improve liquidity going forward. The Ordinary Shares were sold to a range of institutional investors at a price of 425 pence per Ordinary Share.
Included in the shares sold by the Directors were 25,000 Ordinary Shares sold by Ray Davies, and 50,000 Ordinary Shares sold by Simon Thomas following exercises by them on 26 April 2017 of options held by them over the same number of shares under the terms of the Company's unapproved share option plan. The options were exercised at 213.50p in the case of Ray Davies and 136.00p in the case of Simon Thomas.
Subsequent to the Placing, the Directors revised shareholdings are set out below:
Vendors
Shares sold
Resultant shareholding
Number of Ordinary Shares
% of Issued Share Capital
Number of Ordinary Shares
% of Issued Share Capital
Simon Thomas
50,000
0.17
2,061,190
7.04
Charles Peal
180,000
0.61
665,000
2.07
Ray Davies
25,000
0.09
46,982
0.16
The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue following the sale of treasury shares and exercise of options referred to above will be 29,274,230 with no shares held in treasury. 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 the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
The information communicated in this announcement is inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of Regulation 596/2014.
Enquiries:
Lok'nStore
Andrew Jacobs, CEO
Ray Davies, Finance Director
01252 521 010
finnCap Ltd
Julian Blunt, Giles Rolls, Corporate Finance
Alice Lane, Corporate Broking
020 7220 0500
Camarco
Billy Clegg / Tom Huddart
0203 757 4980
Notes for Editors
Lok'nStore is one of the leading companies in the fast growing UK self-storage market, currently operating 26 highly visible, distinctive orange livery self-storage centres in prominent locations in South-East England and two serviced document storage sites. Lok'nStore is substantially into a programme of opening four new stores in Gillingham, Wellingborough, Broadstairs and Hemel Hempstead which will all open by the end of the 2017.
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1.
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)
Name
Charles Peal
2.
Reason for the Notification
a)
Position/status
Non-Executive Director
b)
Initial notification/Amendment
Initial
3.
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)
Name
Lok'nStore Group Plc
b)
LEI
213800MXVAMG3CA42A19
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 1p each
Identification code
GB0007276115
b)
Nature of the transaction
Sale of ordinary shares
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
Price(s)
Volume(s)
Sale at 425p
180,000
d)
Aggregated information:
Aggregated volume
Price
180,000
425p
e)
Date of the transaction
26 April 2017
f)
Place of the transaction
London Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON)
1.
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)
Name
Simon Thomas
2.
Reason for the Notification
a)
Position/status
Non-Executive Director
b)
Initial notification/Amendment
Initial
3.
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)
Name
Lok'nStore Group Plc
b)
LEI
213800MXVAMG3CA42A19
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 1p each
Identification code
GB0007276115
b)
Nature of the transaction
Exercise of share options and sale of shares
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
Price(s)
Volume(s)
Option exercise price 136.00p
50,000
Sale at 425p
50,000
d)
Aggregated information:
Aggregated volume
Price
50,000 share options exercised at 136.00p
50,000 ordinary shares sold at 425p
e)
Date of the transaction
26 April 2017
f)
Place of the transaction
London Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON)
1.
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)
Name
Ray Davies
2.
Reason for the Notification
a)
Position/status
Finance Director
b)
Initial notification/Amendment
Initial
3.
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)
Name
Lok'nStore Group Plc
b)
LEI
213800MXVAMG3CA42A19
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 1p each
Identification code
GB0007276115
b)
Nature of the transaction
Exercise of share options and sale of shares
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
Price(s)
Volume(s)
Option exercise price 213.50p
25,000
Sale at 425p
25,000
d)
Aggregated information:
Aggregated volume
Price
25,000 share options exercised at 213.50p
25,000 ordinary shares sold at 425p
e)
Date of the transaction
26 April 2017
f)
Place of the transaction
London Stock Exchange, AIM Market (XLON)
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