Universe Group PLC Exercise of Options, PDMR Shareholding and TVR (5316Y)
January 14 2022 - 9:30AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMUNG
RNS Number : 5316Y
Universe Group PLC
14 January 2022
Universe Group plc
("Universe", the "Company" or the "Group")
Exercise of Options, Director/PDMR Shareholding and Total Voting
Rights
Universe Group plc (AIM: UNG.L), a leading developer and
supplier of point of sale, payment and loyalty systems announces
that it has issued and allotted 14,676,260 new ordinary shares of 1
pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") pursuant to the
exercise of options by a number of Directors and other employees of
the Company, in connection with the recommended acquisition of the
Company by Inform Information Systems Limited (a wholly owned
subsidiary of Professional DataSolutions Inc.). The following
transactions occurred for Directors as shown below:
Director/ Position Number of Exercise Options Type of option
PDMR Ordinary price per remaining
Shares over Ordinary after exercise
which option Share
exercised
Neil Radley Chief Executive 6,207,760 5.4 pence - Non-tax advantaged
Officer option
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Adrian Wilding Chief Financial 2,444,000 5.4 pence - Non-tax advantaged
Officer option
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Malcolm Coster Non-Executive 100,000 5.5 pence - Non-tax advantaged
Director option
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Admission
Following the above transactions, application has been made for
the 14,676,260 new Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM
("Admission") and dealings are expected to commence on 18 January
2022. The new Ordinary Shares will rank pari passu with the
Company's existing Ordinary Shares.
The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue following Admission
will be 275,742,980. Accordingly, the figure of 275,742,980 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 and Transparency Rules.
PDMR Shareholdings
The total number of Ordinary Shares over which each
Director/PDMR holds options and the total number of Ordinary Shares
with voting rights held following Admission is:
Director/ PDMR Position Total number Total number Percentage
of Options of Ordinary of issued share
over Ordinary Shares capital
Shares
Andrew Blazye E xecutive Chairman - 20,342,785 7.38%
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Chief Executive
Neil Radley Officer - 8,207,550 2.98%
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Chief Financial
Adrian Wilding Officer - 2,644,000 0.96%
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Non-Executive
Malcolm Coster Director - 9,315,754* 3.38%
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Non-Executive
Ivan Brooks Director - 520,736** 0.19%
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*Includes 6,371,643 shares held in the name of Teresa Coster,
who is Malcolm Coster's daughter in law.
**Includes 78,236 shares held in the name of Thomas Brooks and
42,500 shares held in the name of Alexander Brooks, who are Ivan
Brooks' sons.
For further information, please contact:
Universe Group plc T: +44 2380 689 510
Andrew Blazye, Executive Chairman
Neil Radley, Chief Executive Officer
Adrian Wilding, Chief Financial Officer
finnCap T: +44 2072 200 500
Henrik Persson / Seamus Fricker (Corporate
Finance)
Richard Chambers (Corporate Broking)
IFC Advisory T: +44 2039 346
630
Tim Metcalfe / Florence Chandler
The Notification of Dealing Form set out below is provided in
accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse
Regulation.
1. Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person
closely associated
a) Name: N eil Radley
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2. Reason for the notification
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a) Position/status: Chief Ex ecutive Officer
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b) Initial notification/Amendment: Initial notification
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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: Un iverse Group plc
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b) LEI: 213800YEBEDVKK4EDE08
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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 financial Ordinary shares of 1 pence
instrument, type of instrument: each
Identification code: GB0009483594
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b) Nature of the transaction: Exercise of options
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c) Price(s) and volume(s): Price(s) Volume(s)
GBP0.054 6,207,760
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d) Aggregated information:
* Aggregated volume: As above
* Price:
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e) Date of the transaction: 14 January 2022
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f) Place of the transaction: London Stock Exchange, AIM
Market (XLON)
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1. Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person
closely associated
a) Name: Adrian Wilding
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2. Reason for the notification
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a) Position/status: Chief F inancial Officer
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b) Initial notification/Amendment: Initial notification
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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: Universe Group plc
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b) LEI: 213800YEBEDVKK4EDE08
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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 financial Ordinary shares of 1 pence
instrument, type of instrument: each
Identification code: GB0009483594
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b) Nature of the transaction: Exercise of options
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c) Price(s) and volume(s): Price(s) Volume(s)
GBP0.054 2,444,000
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d) Aggregated information:
* Aggregated volume: As above
* Price:
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e) Date of the transaction: 14 January 2022
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f) Place of the transaction: London Stock Exchange, AIM
Market (XLON)
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1. Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person
closely associated
a) Name: Malcolm Coster
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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/Amendment: Initial notification
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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: Universe Group plc
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b) LEI: 213800YEBEDVKK4EDE08
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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 financial Ordinary shares of 1 pence
instrument, type of instrument: each
Identification code: GB0009483594
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b) Nature of the transaction: Exercise of options
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c) Price(s) and volume(s): Price(s) Volume(s)
GBP0.055 100,000
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d) Aggregated information:
* Aggregated volume: As above
* Price:
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e) Date of the transaction: 14 January 2022
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f) Place of the transaction: London Stock Exchange, AIM
Market (XLON)
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