Aquis Exchange PLC Exercise of Share Options and Director Dealing (3762D)
June 28 2021 - 10:21AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMAQX
RNS Number : 3762D
Aquis Exchange PLC
28 June 2021
28 June 2021
Aquis Exchange PLC
("Aquis" or the "Company")
Exercise of Share Options, Director Dealing and Total Voting
Rights
Aquis Exchange PLC (AIM: AQX), the exchange services group,
announces that on 25 June 2021 it received notification that
certain employees have exercised options under the Company's EMI
Option Scheme over 191,450 ordinary shares of 10p each in the
Company ("Ordinary Shares") at an exercise price of GBP2.69 per
share and 11,000 Ordinary Shares at an exercise price of GBP3.47
per share.
In addition, Jonathan Clelland, CFO and COO of the Company, on
25 June 2021 exercised options under the Company's EMI Option
Scheme over 120,817 Ordinary Shares at an exercise price of GBP2.69
per share and sold 49,416 shares at a price of GBP6.60 per
share.
Application has been made for 323,267 new Ordinary Shares to be
admitted to trading on AIM, which is expected to take place on 1
July 2021. The new Ordinary Shares will rank pari pasu with the
existing Ordinary Shares in issue.
Total Voting Rights
In accordance with the provisions of the Disclosure Guidance and
Transparency Rules of the FCA, the Company confirms that, following
this issue, its issued share capital will comprise 27,492,963
Ordinary Shares. All Ordinary Shares shall have equal voting rights
and none of the Ordinary Shares are held in treasury. Accordingly,
the figure of 27,492,963 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 FCA's Disclosure Guidance and
Transparency Rules.
Enquiries:
Aquis Exchange PLC Tel: +44 (0) 7768 078 110
Belinda Keheyan, Head of Marketing
Liberum Capital Limited (Nominated Tel: +44 (0) 20 3100 2000
Adviser and Joint Broker)
Chris Clarke
Clayton Bush
Edward Thomas
Kane Collings
Canaccord Genuity Limited (Joint Broker) Tel: +44 (0) 20 7523 8000
Emma Gabriel (Corporate Broking)
Jeremy Grime (Specialist Sales)
Alma PR (Financial PR Adviser) Tel: +44 (0)20 3405 0209
Susie Hudson aquis@almapr.co.uk
Kieran Breheny
Faye Calow
Notes to Editors
About Aquis Exchange
Aquis Exchange PLC is an exchange services group, which operates
pan-European cash equities trading businesses (Aquis Exchange),
growth and regulated primary markets (Aquis Stock Exchange/AQSE)
and develops/licenses exchange software to third parties (Aquis
Technologies).
Aquis Exchange is authorised and regulated by the UK Financial
Conduct Authority and France's Autorité des Marchés Financiers to
operate Multilateral Trading Facility businesses in the UK and in
EU27 respectively. Aquis operates a lit order book and does not
allow aggressive non-client proprietary trading, which has resulted
in lower toxicity and signalling risk on Aquis than other trading
venues in Europe. According to independent studies, trades on Aquis
are less likely to lead to price movement than on other lit
markets. Aquis uses a subscription pricing model which works by
charging users according to the message traffic they generate,
rather than a percentage of the value of each stock that they
trade.
Aquis Stock Exchange (AQSE) is a stock market providing primary
and secondary markets for equity and debt products. It is
authorised as a Recognised Investment Exchange, which allows it to
operate a regulated listings venue. AQSE, which used to be known as
NEX Exchange Ltd., was acquired by Aquis in March 2020 from CME
Inc. The AQSE Growth Market is divided into two segments 'Access'
and 'Apex', with different levels of admission criteria. The Access
market focuses on earlier stage growth companies, while Apex is the
intended market for larger, more established businesses.
Aquis Technologies is the software and technology division of
Aquis Exchange PLC. It creates and licenses cutting-edge,
cost-effective matching engine and trade surveillance technology
for banks, brokers, investment firms and exchanges.
Aquis Exchange PLC (AQX.L) is listed on the Alternative
Investment Market of the LSE (AIM) market. For more information,
please go to www.aquis.eu
1 Details of the person discharging managerial
responsibilities/person closely associated
a) Name Jonathan Clelland
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2 Reason for the notification
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a) Position/status Chief Financial Officer and
Chief Operating Officer
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b) Initial Initial Notification
notification/
Amendment
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3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance
market participant, auction platform,
auctioneer or auction monitor
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a) Name Aquis Exchange plc
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b) LEI 213800IXJSF5E1SIW150
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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
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a) Description
of the Options over ordinary shares
financial of 10 pence each
instrument,
type ISIN: GB00BD5JNK30
of instrument
Identification
code
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b) Nature Exercise of share options
of the
transaction
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c) Price(s) Price(s) Volume(s)
and volume(s)
Exercise
price of
GBP2.69 120,817
----------
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d) Aggregated
information
* Aggregated volume n/a - as above
* Price
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e) Date 25/06/2021
of the
transaction
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f) Place Outside a trading venue
of the
transaction
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1 Details of the person discharging managerial
responsibilities/person closely associated
a) Name Jonathan Clelland
------------------------- ----------------------------------
2 Reason for the notification
-------------------------------------------------------------
a) Position/status Chief Financial Officer and
Chief Operating Officer
------------------------- ----------------------------------
b) Initial Initial Notification
notification/
Amendment
------------------------- ----------------------------------
3 Details of the issuer, emission allowance
market participant, auction platform,
auctioneer or auction monitor
-------------------------------------------------------------
a) Name Aquis Exchange plc
------------------------- ----------------------------------
b) LEI 213800IXJSF5E1SIW150
------------------------- ----------------------------------
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 Ordinary shares of 10 pence
financial each
instrument,
type ISIN: GB00BD5JNK30
of instrument
Identification
code
------------------------- ----------------------------------
b) Nature Sale of ordinary shares
of the
transaction
------------------------- ----------------------------------
c) Price(s) Price(s) Volume(s)
and volume(s)
GBP6.60 49,416
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d) Aggregated
information
* Aggregated volume n/a - as above
* Price
------------------------- ----------------------------------
e) Date 25/06/2021
of the
transaction
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f) Place London Stock Exchange, AIM Market
of the (XLON)
transaction
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