10 March 2025
Angling Direct plc
("Angling Direct" or
"Company" or "Group")
Director / PDMR Shareholding and Total
Voting Rights
Angling Direct plc (AIM: ANG), the leading
omni-channel specialist fishing tackle and equipment retailer,
announces that Andy Torrance, Non-Executive Chairman, has received
270,000 ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the Company
("Ordinary
Shares") following the exercise today of
270,000 share options awarded under the Company's Executive
Director Share Option Scheme.
Following the exercise of the options, Andy
Torrance holds 420,000 Ordinary Shares in the capital of the
Company, representing 0.6% of the Company's issued share capital
with voting rights.
The exercise of the options has been satisfied
through the transfer of 270,000 Ordinary Shares held by the Company
in treasury at an exercise price of 21 pence per Ordinary Share for
total consideration of £56,700 paid by Mr Torrance in
cash.
Total Voting
Rights
The Company's total issued share capital is
77,267,304 Ordinary Shares. Following the transfer of 270,000
Ordinary Shares from treasury to Mr Torrance, the Company now holds
2,193,000 Ordinary Shares in treasury. Therefore, the total number
of voting rights in the Company is 75,074,304. The International
Securities Identification Number for the Company's Ordinary Shares
is GB00BF1XGQ00.
The Notification of Dealing Form required in
accordance with UK MAR is set out below.
For further
information please contact:
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Angling Direct
plc
Steven Crowe, Chief Executive Officer
Sam Copeman, Chief Financial Officer
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via FTI
Consulting
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Singer Capital
Markets - NOMAD and Broker
Peter Steel
Alex Bond
Tom Salvesen
James Todd
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+44 (0) 20 7496
3000
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FTI Consulting
- Financial PR
Alex Beagley
Matthew Young
Hannah Butler
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+44 (0) 20 3727 1000
anglingdirect@fticonsulting.com
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About Angling
Direct
Angling Direct is the leading omni-channel
specialist fishing tackle retailer in the UK, with an established
and growing presence in Europe. Headquartered in Norfolk UK, the
Company sells fishing tackle products and related equipment through
its network of approximately 50 UK retail stores, as well as
through its leading digital platform (www.anglingdirect.co.uk) and
the MyAD Fishing Club app. The Company has three further native
language websites in its key European territories
(www.anglingdirect.de, .fr, .nl), with orders fulfilled by its
international distribution centre in The Netherlands.
Angling Direct's purpose is to inspire everyone
to get out and enjoy an exceptional fishing experience, regardless
of background or ability, in the great outdoors. Angling Direct's
active digital channels and its circa 500 colleagues contribute to
the Company's ethos of care for the wider community and the
environment (www.anglingdirect.co.uk/sustainability). Angling
Direct currently sells over 25,000 fishing tackle products from
industry leading brands alongside its own brands 'Advanta', and
entry level offering 'Discover'.
Notification
and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging
managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with
them.
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1
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Details of the person discharging managerial
responsibilities / person closely associated
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a)
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Name
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Andrew Torrance
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2
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Reason for the notification
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a)
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Position/status
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Non-Executive Chairman
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b)
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Initial notification /Amendment
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Initial notification
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3
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Details of the issuer, emission allowance market
participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction
monitor
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a)
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Name
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Angling Direct plc
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b)
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LEI
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213800MZ7P7HZIRI7H93
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4
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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
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a)
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Description of the financial instrument, type of
instrument
Identification code
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Ordinary shares of 1 pence each
GB00BF1XGQ00
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b)
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Nature of the transaction
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Exercise of options
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c)
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Price(s) and volume(s)
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Price
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Volume
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21 pence
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270,000
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d)
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Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
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N/A - single transaction
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e)
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Date of the transaction
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10 March 2025
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f)
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Place of the transaction
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Outside a trading venue
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