Universe Group PLC Exercise of Options (7658T)
22 July 2020 - 7:50PM
UK Regulatory
TIDMUNG
RNS Number : 7658T
Universe Group PLC
22 July 2020
22 July 2020
AIM: UNG.L
Universe Group plc
("Universe", the "Company" or the "Group")
Exercise of Options, PDMR Dealing & Total Voting Rights
Universe Group plc (AIM:UNG.L), a leading developer and supplier
of retail management solutions, payment and loyalty systems,
announces that following an exercise of options over ordinary
shares by Malcolm Coster, Non-Executive Director (the "Exercise"),
application has been made for 875,000 new ordinary shares of 1p
each ("Ordinary Shares") in the Company to be admitted to trading
on AIM on 28 July 2020 ("Admission"). The exercise price of each
option was 1p. Following the Exercise, Malcolm Coster holds
2,444,111 Ordinary Shares being 0.94% of the Company's enlarged
share capital. The new Ordinary Shares will rank pari passu with
the Company's existing Ordinary Shares.
Following Admission, a total of 9,328,000 options over Ordinary
Shares (representing approximately 3.57 per cent. of the Company's
enlarged issued share capital) remain outstanding.
Total Voting Rights
Following Admission, the Company's issued share capital will be
261,066,720 Ordinary Shares. This figure of 261,066,720 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.
For further information:
Universe Group plc Tel: +44 2380 689 510
Andrew Blazye, Non-Executive
Chairman Jeremy Lewis, Chief
Executive Officer
Daryl Paton, Chief Financial
Officer Tel: +44 20 7220 0500
finnCap
Henrik Persson (Corporate
Finance)
Matthew Radley (Corporate Tel: +44 20 3934 6630
Finance)
Richard Chambers (ECM)
IFC Advisory
Tim Metcalfe
Graham Herring
Florence Chandler
About Universe Group plc:
Universe provides some of the world's leading retailers with
retail management solutions, payment and loyalty systems. The
Group's solutions are based on its own proprietary software and are
offered out of the cloud on a software as a service model with its
data centers processing over 15 billion transactions every year.
For further information, please see www.universe-group.co.uk
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons
discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely
associated with them
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 Exercise of Options over Ordinary
Financial instrument, Shares of 1 pence each
type of instrument
Identification code GB0009483594
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b) Nature of the transaction Grant of Options
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c) Price(s) and volume(s) Exercise Price Volume
of Options
1 pence 875,000
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d) Aggregated information:
* Aggregated volume N/A
* Price
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e) Date of the transaction 22 July 2020
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f) Place of the transaction Outside of trading venue
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