21 February
2025
Amicorp FS (UK)
plc
(the
'Company')
Notification of PDMR and PCA
transactions
The Company provides notification of
the following transactions relating to the interests of each of the
below named PDMRs and PCAs in the ordinary shares of nominal value
US$0.001 each in the capital of the Company ('Share(s)') (ISIN:
GB00BNTWWT07).
The transactions arise out of each
of the PDMRs receiving Shares from Amicorp Investments Limited
('AIL') pursuant to the dividend in specie by that company
announced earlier today ('Dividend').
Each of AIL and United Investment
and Consultancy Co. Ltd. ('United') are PCAs of Antonius Rudolphus
Wilhelmus Knipping ('TK'), the Non-Executive Chairman of the
Company. AIL and United's shareholdings in the Company have
decreased and increased, respectively, as a result of the
Dividend.
The following disclosures
are given in fulfilment of the
Company's obligations under DTR 3.1 and the UK version of the EU
Market Abuse Regulation.
Following completion of these
transactions, the beneficial ownership of Shares by PDMRs is as
follows:
|
PDMR name and title
|
Beneficial
Shareholding
|
Percentage of issued share
capital
|
|
Antonius Rudolphus Wilhelmus
Knipping (Non-Executive Chairman)
|
83,121,896*
|
69.29%
|
|
Chi Kin Lai (Chief Executive
Officer)
|
1,085,534**
|
0.90%
|
|
Tat Cheung (Stephen) Wong
(Chief Financial Officer)
|
416,911
|
0.35%
|
*Includes 55,200,655 Shares held by
United Investment and Consultancy Co. Ltd., of which Mr Knipping is
the 100% controlling shareholder, 14,925,518 Shares held by Amicorp
Investments Limited ("AIL") and 12,995,723 Shares held by Amicorp
Limited ("AL), in each case representing such number of Shares held
by each of those companies as Mr Knipping is beneficially entitled
to by virtue of his indirect shareholding in each of AIL and
AL.
**Includes 333,333 Shares held by Mr
Lai's wife, Oi Ching Law.
|
1
|
Details of the person discharging managerial
responsibilities
|
|
a)
|
Name
|
Chi Kin Lai
|
|
2
|
Reason for the notification
|
|
a)
|
Position/status
|
Chief Executive Officer
|
|
b)
|
Initial notification
/Amendment
|
Initial notification
|
|
3
|
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant,
auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
|
|
a)
|
Name
|
Amicorp FS (UK) plc
|
|
b)
|
LEI
|
21380028AUYWGMYXQA57
|
|
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
|
Ordinary US$0.001 shares
|
|
|
|
|
Identification code
|
ISIN GB00BNTWWT07
|
|
|
|
|
b)
|
Nature of the transaction
|
Dividend in specie
|
|
c)
|
Price(s) and volume(s)
|
|
Price - Nil
Volume - 553,141
|
|
|
|
d)
|
Date of the transaction
|
21 February 2025
|
|
e)
|
Place of the transaction
|
London Stock Exchange, Main Market
(XLON)
|
|
1
|
Details of the person discharging managerial
responsibilities
|
|
a)
|
Name
|
Tat Cheung "Stephen"
Wong
|
|
2
|
Reason for the notification
|
|
a)
|
Position/status
|
Chief Financial Officer
|
|
b)
|
Initial notification
/Amendment
|
Initial notification
|
|
3
|
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant,
auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
|
|
a)
|
Name
|
Amicorp FS (UK) plc
|
|
b)
|
LEI
|
21380028AUYWGMYXQA57
|
|
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
|
Ordinary US$0.001 shares
|
|
|
|
|
Identification code
|
ISIN GB00BNTWWT07
|
|
|
|
|
b)
|
Nature of the transaction
|
Dividend in specie
|
|
c)
|
Price(s) and volume(s)
|
|
Price - Nil
Volume - 61,460
|
|
|
|
d)
|
Date of the transaction
|
21 February 2025
|
|
e)
|
Place of the transaction
|
London Stock Exchange, Main Market
(XLON)
|
|
1
|
Details of the person closely associated with a
PDMR
|
|
a)
|
Name
|
Amicorp Investments
Limited
|
|
2
|
Reason for the notification
|
|
a)
|
Position/status
|
Controlled by TK
|
|
b)
|
Initial notification
/Amendment
|
Initial notification
|
|
3
|
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant,
auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
|
|
a)
|
Name
|
Amicorp FS (UK) plc
|
|
b)
|
LEI
|
21380028AUYWGMYXQA57
|
|
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
|
Ordinary US$0.001 shares
|
|
|
|
|
Identification code
|
ISIN GB00BNTWWT07
|
|
|
|
|
b)
|
Nature of the transaction
|
Dividend in specie, whereby the PCA
transferred 55,200,655 shares to United and 14,468,204 shares to
certain other of its minority shareholders.
|
|
c)
|
Price(s) and volume(s)
|
|
Price - Nil
Volume - 69,668,859
|
|
|
|
d)
|
Date of the transaction
|
21 February 2025
|
|
e)
|
Place of the transaction
|
London Stock Exchange, Main Market
(XLON)
|
|
1
|
Details of the person closely associated with the
PDMR
|
|
a)
|
Name
|
United Investment and Consultancy
Co. Ltd.
|
|
2
|
Reason for the notification
|
|
a)
|
Position/status
|
Controlled by TK
|
|
b)
|
Initial notification
/Amendment
|
Initial notification
|
|
3
|
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant,
auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
|
|
a)
|
Name
|
Amicorp FS (UK) plc
|
|
b)
|
LEI
|
21380028AUYWGMYXQA57
|
|
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
|
Ordinary US$0.001 shares
|
|
|
|
|
Identification code
|
ISIN GB00BNTWWT07
|
|
|
|
|
b)
|
Nature of the transaction
|
Dividend in specie, whereby the PCA
received 55,200,655 shares from AIL.
|
|
c)
|
Price(s) and volume(s)
|
|
Price - Nil
Volume - 55,200,655
|
|
|
|
d)
|
Date of the transaction
|
21 February 2025
|
|
e)
|
Place of the transaction
|
London Stock Exchange, Main Market
(XLON)
|
The Company can confirm that each of
the above named PDMRs have complied with their respective
obligation to notify the Financial Conduct Authority of the above
transactions as required under the UK version of the EU Market
Abuse Regulation.
- Ends -
For
further information please contact:
|
Amicorp FS (UK) Plc
Toine Knipping, Non-Executive
Chairman
Chi Kin Lai, Chief Executive
Officer
Tat Cheung (Stephen) Wong, Chief
Financial Officer
|
Via Burson
Buchanan
|
|
Zeus (Broker)
Martin Green / Louisa Waddell
(Investment Banking)
Benjamin Robertson (Corporate
Broking)
|
Tel: +44
(0) 20 3829 5000
www.zeuscapital.co.uk
|
|
Media enquiries:
Burson Buchanan (Financial Communications)
Simon Compton
Verity Parker
|
Tel: + 44
(0) 20 7466 5000
AmicorpFS@buchanan.uk.com
www.bursonbuchanan.com
|
Notes to Editors
AMIF is an international specialist
fund services group that works with a broad mix of clients
including institutional investors, fund managers (private equity,
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provide a suite of specialist services across global markets. AMIF
provides local and global expertise to over 550 funds.
AMIF provides a comprehensive and
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These include:
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Fund accounting, fund administration, in-house NAV
calculation, investor services including Register & Transfer
Agency services, booking of subscriptions & redemptions, audit
liaison/support, real time oversight over investment
performance.
Governance and Compliance Services: FATCA and CRS reporting services, Fiduciary, Anti-Money
Laundering (AML) officer services in compliance with international
rules and regulations including administrative support to the Board
and Committees of the Board.
BPO
Services: Simplifying accounting and
administration services through automated accounting processes and
providing management insight into business operations through
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For further information please
visit www.amicorp-funds.com/chairmans-welcome/
