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RNS Number : 4014M
Directa Plus PLC
07 January 2019
THE INFORMATION CONTAINED WITHIN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS DEEMED BY
THE COMPANY TO CONSTITUTE INSIDE INFORMATION AS STIPULATED UNDER
THE EU MARKET ABUSE REGULATION (596/2014). UPON THE PUBLICATION OF
THE ANNOUNCEMENT VIA A REGULATORY INFORMATION SERVICE, THIS
INFORMATION IS CONSIDERED TO BE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.
7 January 2019
DIRECTA PLUS PLC
("Directa Plus" or the "Company")
Results of Open Offer
Directa Plus (AIM: DCTA), a producer and supplier of
graphene-based products for use in consumer and industrial markets,
is pleased to announce that further to the announcement of the Open
Offer on 13 December 2018, it has conditionally raised total gross
proceeds of GBP0.3 million via the Open Offer.
The Open Offer closed for acceptances at 11.00 a.m. on 4 January
2019. The Company received valid acceptances from Qualifying
Shareholders in respect of 603,609 Open Offer Shares, including
applications for 344,736 Open Offer Shares under the Excess
Application Facility. This represents 30.04 per cent. of the
maximum Open Offer Shares available under the Open Offer. Admission
of the Open Offer shares is subject to passing the relevant
resolutions at the General Meeting.
Application has been made to the London Stock Exchange for the
Conditional Placing Shares and Open Offer Shares to be admitted to
trading on AIM. On the assumption that, amongst other things,
Resolutions 1 and 2 are passed by Shareholders at the General
Meeting, it is expected that Second Admission will become
effective, and that dealings in the Conditional Placing Shares and
Open Offer Shares will commence, at 8.00 a.m. on 9 January
2019.
For the purposes of the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and
Transparency Rules (DTR), the Company's total voting rights as from
the date of Second Admission will be 51,116,436 Ordinary
Shares.
Director Participation
The Company confirms that the following directors participated
in the Open Offer, pari passu with other applicants under the Open
Offer.
Director Existing Total Open Total Open Holding % of Enlarged
holding Offer Shares Offer Shares of Ordinary Issued Share
of Ordinary applied applied Shares immediately Capital
Shares for under for under following
Basic Entitlement Excess Application admission
Facility of the Open
Offer Shares
Sir Peter
Middleton 20,000 909 4,091 25,000 0.05%
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Giulio Cesareo 3,238,791 147,217 62,783 3,448,791 6.75%
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Marco Ferrari 15,666 712 9,288 25,666 0.05%
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David Gann 42,379 1,926 39,074 83,379 0.16%
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Neil Warner 20,000 909 1,091 22,000 0.04%
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Richard
Hickinbotham 29,000 1,318 38,682 69,000 0.13%
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Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalised terms used in this
announcement shall have the same meanings as defined in the
circular sent to shareholders of the Company on 13 December
2018.
For further information please visit
http://www.directa-plus.com/ or contact:
Directa Plus plc +39 02 36714458
Giulio Cesareo, CEO
Marco Ferrari, CFO
Cantor Fitzgerald Europe (Nominated Adviser
and Joint Broker) +44 20 7894 7000
Rick Thompson, Philip Davies, Will Goode
(Corporate Finance)
Caspar Shand Kydd (Sales)
N+1 Singer (Joint Broker) +44 20 7496 3069
Mark Taylor, Lauren Kettle (Corporate
Finance)
Mia Gardner (Corporate Broking)
Tavistock (Financial PR and IR) +44 20 7920 3150
Simon Hudson, Sophie Praill, Edward Lee
About Directa Plus
Directa Plus is principally focused on the two sectors in which
it has a strong commercial advantage through developed and launched
products and a technological lead: environmental (based on our
Grafysorber(R) product) and textiles (based on our G+ products). In
addition, the Company will continue to pursue opportunities in
elastomers and composites (including tyres and asphalt), also using
G+ products. All Directa Plus products are hypoallergenic,
non-toxic and sustainably produced.
The person responsible for arranging the release of this
announcement on behalf of Directa Plus is Marco Ferrari, Chief
Financial Officer.
The below announcement and notification is made in accordance
with the EU Market Abuse Regulation. The form required under the EU
Market Abuse Regulation follows.
1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities
/ person closely associated
a) Name Sir Peter Middleton
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2 Reason for the notification
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a) Position/status Non-Executive Chairman
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b) Initial notification Initial 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 Directa Plus plc
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b) LEI 213800X2DQST3K5ND898
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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 Ordinary Shares of 0.25 pence each
the financial
instrument, type ISIN: GB00BSM98843
of instrument
Identification
code:
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b) Nature of the Purchase of shares pursuant to the Open
transaction Offer
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c) Price(s) and 50 pence
volume(s) 5,000 Ordinary Shares of 0.25 pence each
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d) Aggregated information 50 pence
5,000 Ordinary Shares of 0.25 pence each
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e) Date of the transaction 4 January 2019
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f) Place of the London Stock Exchange
transaction
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1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities
/ person closely associated
a) Name Giulio Cesareo
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2 Reason for the notification
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a) Position/status Chief Executive Officer
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b) Initial notification Initial 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 Directa Plus plc
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b) LEI 213800X2DQST3K5ND898
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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 Ordinary Shares of 0.25 pence each
the financial
instrument, type ISIN: GB00BSM98843
of instrument
Identification
code:
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b) Nature of the Purchase of shares pursuant to the Open
transaction Offer
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c) Price(s) and 50 pence
volume(s) 210,000 Ordinary Shares of 0.25 pence each
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d) Aggregated information 50 pence
210,000 Ordinary Shares of 0.25 pence each
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e) Date of the transaction 4 January 2019
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f) Place of the London Stock Exchange
transaction
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1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities
/ person closely associated
a) Name Marco Ferrari
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2 Reason for the notification
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a) Position/status Chief Financial Officer
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b) Initial notification Initial 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 Directa Plus plc
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b) LEI 213800X2DQST3K5ND898
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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
---------------------------------------------------------------------
a) Description of Ordinary Shares of 0.25 pence each
the financial
instrument, type ISIN: GB00BSM98843
of instrument
Identification
code:
------------------------ -------------------------------------------
b) Nature of the Purchase of shares pursuant to the Open
transaction Offer
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c) Price(s) and 50 pence
volume(s) 10,000 Ordinary Shares of 0.25 pence each
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d) Aggregated information 50 pence
10,000 Ordinary Shares of 0.25 pence each
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e) Date of the transaction 4 January 2019
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f) Place of the London Stock Exchange
transaction
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1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities
/ person closely associated
a) Name David Gann
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2 Reason for the notification
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a) Position/status Non-Executive Director
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b) Initial notification Initial 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 Directa Plus plc
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b) LEI 213800X2DQST3K5ND898
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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
---------------------------------------------------------------------
a) Description of Ordinary Shares of 0.25 pence each
the financial
instrument, type ISIN: GB00BSM98843
of instrument
Identification
code:
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b) Nature of the Purchase of shares pursuant to the Open
transaction Offer
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c) Price(s) and 50 pence
volume(s) 41,000 Ordinary Shares of 0.25 pence each
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d) Aggregated information 50 pence
41,000 Ordinary Shares of 0.25 pence each
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e) Date of the transaction 4 January 2019
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f) Place of the London Stock Exchange
transaction
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1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities
/ person closely associated
a) Name Neil Warner
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2 Reason for the notification
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a) Position/status Non-Executive Director
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b) Initial notification Initial 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 Directa Plus plc
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b) LEI 213800X2DQST3K5ND898
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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
--------------------------------------------------------------------
a) Description of Ordinary Shares of 0.25 pence each
the financial
instrument, type ISIN: GB00BSM98843
of instrument
Identification
code:
------------------------ ------------------------------------------
b) Nature of the Purchase of shares pursuant to the Open
transaction Offer
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c) Price(s) and 50 pence
volume(s) 2,000 Ordinary Shares of 0.25 pence each
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d) Aggregated information 50 pence
2,000 Ordinary Shares of 0.25 pence each
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e) Date of the transaction 4 January 2019
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f) Place of the London Stock Exchange
transaction
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1 Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities
/ person closely associated
a) Name Richard Hickinbotham
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2 Reason for the notification
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a) Position/status Non-Executive Director
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b) Initial notification Initial 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 Directa Plus plc
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b) LEI 213800X2DQST3K5ND898
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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
---------------------------------------------------------------------
a) Description of Ordinary Shares of 0.25 pence each
the financial
instrument, type ISIN: GB00BSM98843
of instrument
Identification
code:
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b) Nature of the Purchase of shares pursuant to the Open
transaction Offer
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c) Price(s) and 50 pence
volume(s) 40,000 Ordinary Shares of 0.25 pence each
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d) Aggregated information 50 pence
40,000 Ordinary Shares of 0.25 pence each
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e) Date of the transaction 4 January 2019
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f) Place of the London Stock Exchange
transaction
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