11
October 2024
THE PEBBLE GROUP
PLC
(the
"Company")
AIM:
PEBB, OTCQX: PEBBF
Grant of Options under 2024
Sharesave Plan
and
Notification of transactions by PDMRs
The Pebble Group, a leading provider
of digital commerce, products and related services to the global
promotional products industry, announces
that on 11 October 2024 the Company granted options to
employees under its Sharesave Plan and its sub-plan, the
International Sharesave Plan (together the "Sharesave
Plan").
All employees of the Company and its
subsidiaries based in the UK, US
and Canada (including executive directors) as at 17
September 2024 (the "Eligible Employees") were invited to
participate in the Sharesave Plan.
Eligible Employees were invited to
subscribe for options over the Company's Ordinary Shares of 1
pence each ("Shares") with an exercise price of 45
pence per Share ("Options"). This represents a 20%
discount to the closing market price of 56 pence per Share
on 16 September 2024, being the trading day before the
invitation for Eligible Employees to participate was made.
The Options are exercisable at the end of a three year
savings period.
A total of 72 people elected to
participate in the Sharesave Plan representing approx. 17% of total
Eligible Employees. Including and pursuant to these
elections, options over a total of 1,322,186 Shares have been
granted representing 0.8% of the Company's current issued share
capital.
Transactions by PDMRs
Sharesave
The following Persons Discharging
Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMR") have cancelled their
participation in the Sharesave Plan 2021 and participated in the
Sharesave Plan 2024, and are included in the total figures
above:
|
PDMR
|
Title
|
Number of shares cancelled under 2021 Option
|
Number of shares granted subject to 2024
Option
|
|
Christopher Lee
|
Chief Executive Officer
|
14,754
|
41,222
|
|
Claire Thomson
|
Chief Financial Officer
|
14,754
|
41,222
|
|
Karl Whiteside
|
Group MD, Brand Addition
|
5,324
|
15,203
|
Following the Sharesave Plan grants
to Eligible Employees including PDMRs, the Company will have total
options outstanding over 6,984,515 Shares, representing 4.2% of the
Company's issued share capital.
The notifications below, provided in
accordance with the requirements of the UK Market Abuse
Regulation, provide further details.
Enquiries
|
The Pebble Group
Chris Lee, Chief Executive
Officer
Claire Thomson, Chief Financial
Officer
|
+44 (0) 750 012 4121
|
|
Panmure Liberum (Nominated
Adviser and Broker)
Edward Mansfield
Will King
Josh Moss
|
+44 (0) 20 3100 2000
|
|
Temple Bar Advisory (Financial
PR)
Alex Child-Villiers
Alistair de Kare-Silver
Sam Livingstone
|
+44 (0) 207 183 1190
pebble@templebaradvisory.com
|
The information set out below is provided in
accordance with the requirements of Regulation 19(3) of the EU
Market Abuse Regulation No 596/2014 as it forms part of UK
domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act
2018:
|
1
|
Details of the person discharging managerial
responsibilities/person closely associated
|
|
(a)
|
Name
|
1. Christopher
Lee
2. Claire
Thomson
3. Karl
Whiteside
|
|
2
|
Reason for the notification
|
|
(a)
|
Position/status
|
1. Chief Executive
Officer
2. Chief Financial
Officer
3. Group MD, Brand
Addition
|
|
(b)
|
Initial notification/Amendment
|
Initial notification
|
|
3
|
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant,
auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
|
|
(a)
|
Name
|
The Pebble Group plc
|
|
(b)
|
LEI
|
213800LZUQAYBHDEQY04
|
|
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
Identification code
|
Ordinary shares of 1
pence each
ISIN GB00BK71XP16
PEBB.L
|
|
(b)
|
Nature of the transaction
|
Cancellation of options under SAYE
2021
3 - year savings plan
|
|
(c)
|
Price(s) and volume(s)
|
|
|
Price(s)
|
Volume(s)
|
|
1
2
3
|
NIL
NIL
NIL
|
14,754
14,754
5,324
|
|
|
(d)
|
Aggregated information
- Aggregated
volume
-
Price
|
N/A
|
|
(e)
|
Date
of the transaction
|
11 October 2024
|
|
(f)
|
Place of the transaction
|
Outside a trading venue
|
|
1
|
Details of the person discharging managerial
responsibilities/person closely associated
|
|
(a)
|
Name
|
1. Christopher
Lee
2. Claire
Thomson
3. Karl
Whiteside
|
|
2
|
Reason for the notification
|
|
(a)
|
Position/status
|
1. Chief Executive
Officer
2. Chief Financial
Officer
3. Group MD, Brand
Addition
|
|
(b)
|
Initial notification/Amendment
|
Initial notification
|
|
3
|
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant,
auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
|
|
(a)
|
Name
|
The Pebble Group plc
|
|
(b)
|
LEI
|
213800LZUQAYBHDEQY04
|
|
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
Identification code
|
Ordinary shares of 1
pence each
ISIN GB00BK71XP16
PEBB.L
|
|
(b)
|
Nature of the transaction
|
Grant of options under SAYE
2024
|
|
(c)
|
Price(s) and volume(s)
|
|
|
Price(s)
|
Volume(s)
|
|
1
2
3
|
NIL
NIL
NIL
|
41,222
41,222
15,203
|
|
|
(d)
|
Aggregated information
- Aggregated
volume
-
Price
|
N/A
|
|
(e)
|
Date
of the transaction
|
11 October 2024
|
|
(f)
|
Place of the transaction
|
Outside a trading venue
|