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XLMediaAnnouncement

21/03/2017 13:45

RNS Number : 0964A
XLMedia PLC
21 March 2017
For immediate release
21 March 2017
XLMedia PLC
("XLMedia" or "the Group" or "the Company")
Director and PDMR Share Dealing
XLMedia (AIM: XLM), a leading provider of digital performance marketing services, has been informed that on 21 March, 2017, Ory Weihs, Chief Executive Officer, exercised options over 83,333 ordinary shares in the Company (the "Options"), being all the options he held in XLMedia.
The decision to exercise options reflects Mr. Weihs' confidence and commitment to XLMedia and he will not be selling shares as part of the transaction.
The83,333 optionswere exercised at a price of49p each resulting in the receipt by the Company of an aggregate amount of40,834.
Following the exercise of the Options, Mr. Weihs holds 7,124,006 shares representing 3.56% of the Company's existing issued share capital, of which 2,650,000 ordinary shares (approximately 1.32% of the Company's issued share capital) are held directly and 4,474,006 ordinary shares (approximately 2.23% of the Company's issued share capital) are held through an indirect economic interest in (but with no voting rights attaching to) such ordinary shares which are held by Webpals Enterprises Limited. 
The exercise of the Options is being satisfied by the transfer of shares from the Tamir Fishman Trusts 2004 Ltd ("Tamir Fishman"), the appointed trustee for the Company's Global Share Incentive Plan. Following the transfer of sharesTamir Fishman holds2,079,896ordinary shares in the Company representing1.04% of the Company's issued share capital.
Following the exercise of the Options the total number of Ordinary Shares in the Company remains at 200,352,402 and this is the figure which 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 Disclosure and Transparency Rules set out in the Company's articles of association.
ANNEX
Template for notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them
1
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)
Name
Mr. Ory Weihs
2
Reason for the notification
a)
Position/status
CEO and Director / PDMR
b)
Initial notification /Amendment
Initial
3
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)
Name
XLMedia Plc.
b)
LEI
2138008U4S6FBDHGWY81
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 US0.000001
JE00BH6XDL31
b)
Nature of the transaction
Exercise of Options pursuant to The Group Incentive Plan
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
Price(s)
Volume(s)
0.49
83,333
d)
Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
N/A
e)
Date of the transaction
March 21, 2017
f)
Place of the transaction
London Stock Exchange
For further information, contact:
XLMedia plc
Ory Weihs
www.xlmedia.com
Tel: 020 8817 5283
Vigo Communications
Jeremy Garcia / Fiona Henson
www.vigocomms.com
Tel: 020 7830 9703
Cenkos Securities plc (Nomad and Joint Broker)
Ivonne Cantu / Camilla Hume
www.cenkos.com
Tel: 020 7397 8900
Berenberg (Joint Broker)
Chris Bowman / Mark Whitmore / Amritha Murali
www.berenberg.com
Tel: 020 3207 7800

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