11th Sep 2013 07:00
11 September 2013 |
Sagentia Group plc
("Sagentia" or the "Company")
Treasury shares issued and Director Dealing
Sagentia Group plc (AIM:SAG) announces that on 10 September 2013, the Company issued 440,000 treasury shares in settlement of the exercise of share options. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) following this announcement is 38,328,230. Sagentia holds 3,713,805 shares in treasury.
As part of the above issue, Neil Elton, the Company's Finance Director, exercised 250,000 Incentive Scheme options with an exercise price of £0.51 per share. After settlement of exercise and tax charges he retains 70,000 shares.
Following this announcement the Directors of Sagentia Group plc have interests in the ordinary shares of the Company as follows:
Number of shares owned | % holding | Number of shares under option | Shareholding prior to announcement | % holding prior to announcement | |
Martyn Ratcliffe | 12,512,906 | 32.65% | 2,500,000 | 12,512,906 | 33.03% |
David Courtley | 375,000 | 0.98% | - | 375,000 | 0.99% |
Neil Elton | 171,914 | 0.45% | 375,000 | 101,914 | 0.27% |
Save for the above, the Directors' beneficial interests in the share capital of the Company remain unchanged and as previously announced.
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For further information:
Sagentia Group plc | Tel: +44 (0) 1223 875 200 |
Neil Elton, Finance Director | www.sagentia.com |
Numis Securities Limited | |
Nominated Adviser: Oliver Cardigan / Simon Willis Corporate Broking: James Serjeant | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7260 1000 |
Media enquiries:
Abchurch | |
Henry Harrison-Topham / Jamie Hooper | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7398 7719 |
www.abchurch-group.com |
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