REG - M. P. Evans Group - Director/PDMR Shareholding

M P EvansAnnouncement

05/11/2024 09:30

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RNS Number : 9864K  M. P. Evans Group PLC  05 November 2024

M.P. Evans Group Plc

(the "Company" or "M.P. Evans")

 

Director/PDMR Shareholding

 

The Company has been notified of the exercise of share options on 1 November
2024 under the M.P. Evans Group PLC 2012 Unapproved Executive Share Option
Plan by K.Chandra Sekaran, a director of the Company. K.Chandra Sekaran
exercised his share options over 20,000 shares of 10p each in the capital of
the Company ("Shares") granted at 412.50 per Share that were due to expire on
27 April 2025.

 

Following the above transactions, K. Chandra Sekaran is now beneficially
interested in 168,181 Shares (0.32%).

 

Admission of the 20,000 new Shares has been satisfied via the block listing
for the 2012 Executive Share Option Scheme (unapproved). As all of the options
under the 2012 Executive Share Option Scheme (unapproved) have now been
exercised or have lapsed, the block listing associated has been cancelled. A
final block listing return is set out below:

 

 Name of applicant:                                                                M.P. Evans Group PLC

 Name of scheme:                                                                   2012 Executive Share Option Schemes (approved and unapproved)

 Period of return:                        From:                                    1 July 2024            To:                    1 November 2024
 Balance of unallotted securities under scheme(s) from previous return:            20,000

 Plus:  The amount by which the block scheme(s) has been increased since the       Nil
 date of the last return (if any increase has been applied for):

 Less:  Number of securities issued/allotted under scheme(s) during period         20,000
 (see LR3.5.7G):

 Equals:  Balance under scheme(s) not yet issued/allotted at end of period:        Nil

 Number and class of securities originally admitted and the date of admission      80,000 shares of 10p each - 02-07-2015

                                                                                   70,000 shares of 10p each -  08-11-2017

                                                                                   45,000 shares of 10p each - 10-06-2019

 Name of contact:                                                                  Katya Merrick

 Telephone number of contact:                                                      01892 676 146

 

 

Total Voting Rights

 

Following the above transactions the Company has 52,806,292 Shares in issue.
All of the Shares have equal voting rights and there are no Shares held in
Treasury.

 

The above figure of 52,806,292 represents the total voting rights in the
Company and 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 Financial
Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

 

  1   Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely
      associated
 a)   Name                                                         K. Chandra Sekaran
 2    Reason for the notification

 a)   Position/status                                              Director

 b)   Initial notification/Amendment                               Initial notification

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

 a)   Name                                                         M.P.Evans Group PLC

 b)   LEI                                                           2138003IBXJUCR4SZG26
 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  Shares of 10 pence per share in M.P.Evans Group PLC ("Shares").

                                                                   Identification code: ISIN GB007538100

 b)   Nature of the transaction                                    (i) Exercise of options over Shares

 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)                                       (i) Exercise of share options over Shares:

                                                                   Price(s)             412.50

                                                                   Volume(s)         20,000

 d)   Aggregated information                                       N/A

 e)   Date of transaction                                          (i)1 November 2024

 f)   Place of transaction                                         (i)Outside trading venue

 

5 November 2024

 

Enquiries:

 M.P. Evans Group PLC                                      Tel: +44 (0)1892 516333
 Peter Hadsley-Chaplin - Chairman
 Matthew Coulson - Chief executive
 Luke Shaw - Chief financial officer

 Cavendish Capital Markets Limited (Nomad and broker)      Tel: +44 (0)20 7220 0500
 Matt Goode, George Lawson, Rory Sale - Corporate finance

 Tim Redfern, Harriet Ward - Equity capital markets

 Hudson Sandler (Financial PR)                             Tel:  +44 (0)20 7796 4133
 Charlie Jack, Francis Kerrigan, Francesca Rosser

 

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