REG - Tatton Asset Mgt PLC - PDMR Dealings, Exercise of Options & TVR

Tatton Asset ManagementAnnouncement

20/09/2021 07:00

RNS Number : 2239M
  
Tatton Asset Management PLC
  
20 September 2021
  
 

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) 596/2014 as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ("MAR"), and is disclosed in accordance with the Company's obligations under Article 17 of MAR.
 
Tatton Asset Management plc
(the "Company" or "Tatton")
PDMR Dealings, Exercise of Options & TVR
 
Tatton Asset Management PLC (AIM: TAM),  the on-platform discretionary fund management (DFM) and IFA support services business announces that it has received notice that certain Directors, PDMRs and employees have elected to exercise their options ("Option Exercise") under each of the 2017 EMI Scheme and 2018 EMI Scheme, over an aggregate 1,741,703 ordinary shares ("Option Shares") of £0.20 each ("Ordinary Shares") in the Company. 
The Company has today issued 966,546 ordinary shares to the Company's Employee Benefit Trust ("EBT"). Application for these shares to be admitted to trading on 23 September 2021 ("Admission"). To satisfy the Option Exercise, 1,741,703 ordinary shares are to be awarded from the EBT.
The participants of the Option Exercise include Paul Hogarth (Chief Executive Officer), Paul Edwards (Chief Financial Officer), four other PDMRs and eleven further employees (the "Share Option Participants").  Details in relation to the Option Shares issued to the two directors and the four other PDMRs are contained in the PDMR disclosure tables below.
Concurrent with the Option Exercise, certain Share Option Participants have today sold, in aggregate, 835,194 Option Shares at a price of £5.25 per Option Share in order to either finance the cost of exercising the options and certain tax liabilities arising on the exercise of options, or for some participants, to sell their Option Shares in full for cash. 
Following the exercise and sale of Option Shares by the Share Option Participants, the below directors have increased their aggregate holdings from 18.42% to 19.22% of the issued share capital of the Company.  The table below details their interests in the share capital of the Company:
 



Director 


Position


Ordinary Shares held previously


% of total issued share capital


Number of Ordinary Shares over which Options exercised


Number of Ordinary Shares sold*


Resulting total number of Ordinary Shares held


% of enlarged issued share capital




Paul Hogarth


Chief Executive Officer


10,575,358


18.26%


553,078


293,646


10,834,790


18.40%




Paul Edwards


Chief Financial Officer


94,864


0.16%


688,500


297,613


485,751


0.82%




TOTAL






10,670,222


18.42%


1,241,578


591,259


11,320,541


19.22%





*The number of shares sold by each Paul Hogarth and Paul Edwards are to satisfy the cost of exercising the shares and the tax liabilities arising on the exercise of options only
 
Following the above exercise of Options, unexercised options over an aggregate 1,294,675 ordinary shares have vested and are exercisable under the 2017 EMI Scheme and 2018 EMI Scheme.
 
Total Voting Rights
Following Admission, the Company's issued share capital will consist of 58,895,941 ordinary shares. There are no ordinary shares held in treasury. Therefore, following Admission, this figure of 58,895,941 should be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculation by which they 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.
 
For further information please contact:
 



Tatton Asset Management PLC
Paul Hogarth (Chief Executive Officer) 
Paul Edwards (Chief Financial Officer) 
Lothar Mentel (Chief Investment Officer)
 


+44 (0) 161 486 3441




Zeus Capital - Nomad and Broker
Martin Green (Corporate Finance) 
Dan Bate (Corporate Finance and QE)







+44 (0) 20 3829 5000




Singer Capital Markets - Joint Broker
Peter Steel (Investment Banking)
Rachel Hayes (Investment Banking) 







 
+44 (0) 20 7496 3061
+44 (0) 20 7496 3189




Belvedere Communications - Financial PR
John West / Llew Angus (media)
Cat Valentine / Keeley Clarke (investors)


 
+44 (0) 7407 023147
+ 44 (0) 7715 769078
tattonpr@belvederepr.com 




Trade Media Enquiries
Roddi Vaughan Thomas







 
For more information, please visit: www.tattonassetmanagement.com
 
 
The information below, set out in accordance with the requirements of the MAR, provides further detail.



1


Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated




a)


Name


Paul Hogarth




2


Reason for the notification




a)


Position/status


PDMR, Chief Executive Officer




b)
 


Initial notification /Amendment


Initial notification




3


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




a)


Name


Tatton Asset Management plc




b)


LEI


213800G2F8I1N7HTVP88




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 £0.20 each
 
ISIN: GB00BYX1P358




b)


Nature of the transaction


a)   Exercise of 2017 EMI options
b)   Exercise of 2018 EMI options
c)   Sale of ordinary shares




c)


Price(s) and volume(s)


a)   Price:  £1.89

Volume:  382,070



b)    Price:  £Nil

Volume:  171,008



c)    Price:  £5.25

Volume:  293,646
 




d)


Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price


a)   Price:  £1.89

Volume:  382,070



b)    Price:  £Nil

Volume:  171,008



c)    Price:  £5.25

Volume:  293,646




e)


Date of the transaction


a)   17 September 2021
b)   17 September 2021
c)   17 September 2021




f)


Place of the transaction


a)   London stock Exchange, AIM
b)    London stock Exchange, AIM
c)    Outside normal trading venue - the transactions will take effect conditional only on formal admission of newly issued shares to AIM, but subject to this became legally binding on 17 September 2021



 













1


Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated




a)


Name


Paul Edwards




2


Reason for the notification




a)


Position/status


PDMR, Chief Financial Officer




b)
 


Initial notification /Amendment


Initial notification




3


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




a)


Name


Tatton Asset Management plc




b)


LEI


213800G2F8I1N7HTVP88




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 £0.20 each
 
ISIN: GB00BYX1P358




b)


Nature of the transaction


a)   Exercise of 2018 EMI options
b)   Sale of ordinary shares




c)


Price(s) and volume(s)


a)    Price:  £Nil

Volume:  688,500



b)    Price:  £5.25

Volume:  297,613
 




d)


Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price


a)    Price:  £Nil

Volume:  688,500



b)    Price:  £5.25

Volume:  297,613




e)


Date of the transaction


a)   17 September 2021
b)   17 September 2021




f)


Place of the transaction


a)   London stock Exchange, AIM
b)    Outside normal trading venue - the transactions will take effect conditional only on formal admission of newly issued shares to AIM, but subject to this became legally binding on 17 September 2021



 



1


Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated




a)


Name


Helen O'Neill




2


Reason for the notification




a)


Position/status


PDMR, Chief Operating Officer at Tatton Investment Management Limited




b)
 


Initial notification /Amendment


Initial notification




3


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




a)


Name


Tatton Asset Management plc




b)


LEI


213800G2F8I1N7HTVP88




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 £0.20 each
 
ISIN: GB00BYX1P358




b)


Nature of the transaction


a)   Exercise of 2018 EMI options
b)   Sale of ordinary shares




c)


Price(s) and volume(s)


a)    Price:  £Nil

Volume:  21,064



b)    Price:  £5.25

Volume:  21,064
 




d)


Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price


a)    Price:  £Nil

Volume:  21,064



b)    Price:  £5.25

Volume:  21,064




e)


Date of the transaction


a)    17 September 2021
b)   17 September 2021




f)


Place of the transaction


a)   London stock Exchange, AIM
b)    Outside normal trading venue - the transactions will take effect conditional only on formal admission of newly issued shares to AIM, but subject to this became legally binding on 17 September 2021



 



1


Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated




a)


Name


Robert Hunt




2


Reason for the notification




a)


Position/status


PDMR, Chief Executive Officer of Paradigm




b)
 


Initial notification /Amendment


Initial notification




3


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




a)


Name


Tatton Asset Management plc




b)


LEI


213800G2F8I1N7HTVP88




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 £0.20 each
 
ISIN: GB00BYX1P358




b)


Nature of the transaction


a)    Exercise of 2018 EMI options
b)   Sale of ordinary shares




c)


Price(s) and volume(s)


a)    Price:  £Nil

Volume:  90,000



b)    Price:  £5.25

Volume:  19,300
 




d)


Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price


a)    Price:  £Nil

Volume:  90,000



b)    Price:  £5.25

Volume:  19,300




e)


Date of the transaction


a)   17 September 2021
b)   17 September 2021




f)


Place of the transaction


a)   London stock Exchange, AIM
b)    Outside normal trading venue - the transactions will take effect conditional only on formal admission of newly issued shares to AIM, but subject to this became legally binding on 17 September 2021



 



1


Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated




a)


Name


Ryan Seaton




2


Reason for the notification




a)


Position/status


PDMR, 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


Tatton Asset Management plc




b)


LEI


213800G2F8I1N7HTVP88




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 £0.20 each
 
ISIN: GB00BYX1P358




b)


Nature of the transaction


a)   Exercise of 2018 EMI options
b)   Sale of ordinary shares




c)


Price(s) and volume(s)


a)    Price:  £Nil

Volume:  23,974



b)    Price:  £5.25

Volume:  23,974
 




d)


Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price


a)    Price:  £Nil

Volume:  23,974



b)    Price:  £5.25

Volume:  23,974




e)


Date of the transaction


a)   17 September 2021
b)   17 September 2021




f)


Place of the transaction


a)   London stock Exchange, AIM
b)    Outside normal trading venue - the transactions will take effect conditional only on formal admission of newly issued shares to AIM, but subject to this became legally binding on 17 September 2021



 
 



1


Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated




a)


Name


Claire MacNeil




2


Reason for the notification




a)


Position/status


PDMR, Office Manager




b)
 


Initial notification /Amendment


Initial notification




3


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




a)


Name


Tatton Asset Management plc




b)


LEI


213800G2F8I1N7HTVP88




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 £0.20 each
 
ISIN: GB00BYX1P358




b)


Nature of the transaction


a)   Exercise of 2018 EMI options
b)   Sale of ordinary shares




c)


Price(s) and volume(s)


a)    Price:  £Nil

Volume:  18,000



b)    Price:  £5.25

Volume:  18,000
 




d)


Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price


a)    Price:  £Nil

Volume:  18,000



b)    Price:  £5.25

Volume:  18,000




e)


Date of the transaction


a)   17 September 2021
b)   17 September 2021




f)


Place of the transaction


a)   London stock Exchange, AIM
b)    Outside normal trading venue - the transactions will take effect conditional only on formal admission of newly issued shares to AIM, but subject to this became legally binding on 17 September 2021



 
 
 
 
 

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