REG - Versarien PLC - Holding(s) in Company

VersarienAnnouncement

02/04/2020 15:35

RNS Number : 6287I
  
Versarien PLC
  
02 April 2020
  
 

2 April 2020
Versarien plc
("Versarien", the "Company" or the "Group")
Holdings in Company 
Versarien plc (AIM: VRS), the advanced materials engineering group, would like to announce that following the Subscription and Sharing Agreement announced on 23 March 2020 and the associated increase in the total voting rights of the Company, Neill Ricketts, Chairman and CEO of Versarien, is now interested in 8.99% of the outstanding share capital of the Company.  Neill Ricketts's overall beneficial interest in the ordinary share capital of Versarien remains unchanged at 15,250,000 ordinary shares of the Company. 
 
Enquiries:




Versarien
Neill Ricketts, CEO
Chris Leigh, CFO
 


+44 (0)1242 269 122




SP Angel Corporate Finance (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker)
Ewan Leggat, Soltan Tagiev


+44 (0)20 3470 0470




 




Berenberg (Joint Broker)
Mark Whitmore, Simon Cardron


  +44 (0) 20 3207 7800




 




Yellow Jersey (Investor Relations) 
Charles Goodwin
Georgia Colkin
Henry Wilkinson


+44 (0)20 3004 9512




 
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


Chairman and 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


No transaction by the PDMR has taken place - the notification was made as a result of a change in the total voting rights of the Company




c)


Price(s) and volume(s)


 




Price(s)


Volume(s)




Not applicable


15,250,000




 




d)


Aggregated information
-      Aggregated volume
-      Price


 
15,250,000 
Not applicable - No transaction has taken place




e)


Date of the transaction


Not applicable - No transaction has taken place




f)


Place of the transaction


London Stock Exchange, AIM




 
 


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