8 February 2022
Northern Bear plc
("Northern Bear" or the "Company")
Exercise of Options and Director Dealing
Northern Bear announces that it has received notice of the exercise of options over 60,000 ordinary shares of 1 penny each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") by Group Operations Director, Keith Soulsby, at an exercise price of 28.5 pence per Ordinary Share (the "Options Exercise"). Following the exercise, Keith Soulsby is beneficially interested in 557,820 ordinary shares in the Company representing approximately 2.98 per cent. of the Company's voting rights.
The Company has transferred 60,000 Ordinary Shares out of treasury to satisfy the Options Exercise.
The Company's issued share capital now consists of 18,725,276 Ordinary Shares with voting rights. In addition, Northern Bear holds 292,040 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The aforementioned figure of 18,725,276 Ordinary Shares ("Enlarged Share Capital") may be used by shareholders in the Company 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, Northern Bear under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
For further information, please contact:
| Northern Bear PLC Jeff Baryshnik - Non-Executive Chairman Tom Hayes - Finance Director | +44 (0) 166 182 0369
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| Strand Hanson Limited (Nominated Adviser and Broker) James Harris James Bellman | +44 (0) 20 7409 3494 |
The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 as it forms part of United Kingdom domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (as amended).
| 1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
| a) | Name | Keith Soulsby | ||||
| 2. | Reason for the Notification | |||||
| a) | Position/status | Group Operating Director | ||||
| b) | Initial notification/amendment | Initial notification | ||||
| 3. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
| a) | Name | Northern Bear plc | ||||
| b) | LEI | 21380039N5EBUGAE7T76 | ||||
| 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 Shares of 1 pence each | ||||
| Identification code | GB00B19FLM15 | |||||
| b) | Nature of the Transaction | Exercise of options | ||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| d) | Aggregated information Aggregated volume Price | N/A | ||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 3 February 2022 | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | AIM (LSE) | ||||
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