23rd Sep 2016 17:30
23 September 2016
Cello Group plc
("Cello" or the "Company")
Director/PDMR Shareholding
The Company has received notification that on 22 September 2016, Doug Edmonds, a director of Cello Signal, exercised options over 50,000 ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at an exercise price of 50 pence per Ordinary Share, pursuant to the Company's Unapproved Option Scheme.
Subsequently, on 23 September 2016, Mr Edmonds sold 50,000 Ordinary Shares at a price of 104.5 pence per Ordinary Share.
Following the exercise, Cello's enlarged issued share capital consists of 87,381,643 Ordinary Shares. The Company holds 453,000 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of current voting rights in the Company is therefore 86,928,643 Ordinary Shares.
The above figure (86,928,643 Ordinary Shares) may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculation by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
Mr Edmonds now has an interest in 352,997 Ordinary Shares representing 0.4% of the enlarged current issued share capital of the Company.
Contacts:
Cello Group 020 7812 8460
Mark Scott, Chief Executive
Mark Bentley, Finance Director
Cenkos Securities 0207 397 8900
Bobbie Hilliam
Harry Pardoe
EXERCISE OF OPTIONS
1
| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
| |||||
a)
| Name
| Doug Edmonds | ||||
2
| Reason for the notification
| |||||
a)
| Position/status
| Director of Cello Signal | ||||
b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial notification | ||||
3
| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
| |||||
a)
| Name
| Cello Group plc | ||||
b)
| LEI
| N/a | ||||
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 10p each
| ||||
b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Exercise of options over Ordinary Shares | ||||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s)
|
| ||||
d)
| Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
|
50,000
50p (exercise price)
| ||||
e)
| Date of the transaction
| 22 September 2016 | ||||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| N/a | ||||
SALE OF ORDINARY SHARES
1
| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
| |||||
a)
| Name
| Doug Edmonds | ||||
2
| Reason for the notification
| |||||
a)
| Position/status
| Director of Cello Signal | ||||
b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial notification | ||||
3
| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
| |||||
a)
| Name
| Cello Group plc | ||||
b)
| LEI
| N/a | ||||
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 10p each
| ||||
b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Sale of Ordinary Shares | ||||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s)
|
| ||||
d)
| Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
|
50,000
104.5p
| ||||
e)
| Date of the transaction
| 23 September 2016 | ||||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| N/a | ||||
Related Shares:
CLL.L