REG - Versarien PLC - Director/PDMR Shareholding

VersarienAnnouncement

12/06/2018 07:05

RNS Number : 0305R
Versarien PLC
12 June 2018
 


12 June 2018
Versarien plc
("Versarien" or the "Company")
Director/PDMR Shareholding
 
Versarien plc (AIM: VRS), the advanced materials engineering group, announces that Neill Ricketts, the Company's Chief Executive Officer, has notified the Company that on 11 June 2018 he sold 403,720 ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 121 pence per Ordinary Share.
Following this transaction, further detailed below, Mr Ricketts' interest in the share capital of the Company is now 15,250,000 Ordinary Shares, representing 10.26 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital.  Mr Ricketts is further interested in 2,626,614 options exercisable at 15 pence per share and 1,050,761 options exercisable at 29 pence per share.
Enquiries:




Versarien
Neill Ricketts, CEO
Chris Leigh, CFO


01242 269 122




Arden Partners (Nominated Adviser and Broker)
Chris Hardie
Dan Gee-Summons


020 7614 5900




IFC Advisory (Financial PR and IR)
Tim Metcalfe
Graham Herring
Heather Armstrong
 


020 3934 6630




The information below, set out in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, provides further detail.




1


Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated




a)


Name


Neill Ricketts




2


Reason for the notification




a)


Position/status


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


Versarien plc




b)


LEI


213800D6NZED7V8W2Z34




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
 
GB00B8YZTJ80




b)


Nature of the transaction


Sale of Ordinary Shares




c)


Price(s) and volume(s)


 




Price(s)


Volume(s)




121 pence per share


403,720









d)


Aggregated information
-      Aggregated volume
-      Price


 
403,720
£487,617.44




e)


Date of the transaction


11 June 2018




f)


Place of the transaction


London Stock Exchange, AIM




 




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