08 December 2022
dotdigital Group Plc
("dotdigital or the Company")
Grant of Options
dotdigital Group Plc (AIM:DOTD), the leading 'SAAS' provider of an omnichannel marketing automation and customer engagement platform, announces it has granted Milan Patel, Chief Executive Officer and Alistair Gurney, Chief Financial Officer, 600,379 and 276,490 options over ordinary shares of 0.5 pence in the Company (the "Options") respectively on 08 December 2022, pursuant to the dotdigital Performance Share Plan 2017.
The Options have a nominal exercise price and represent 0.3% of the Company's total voting rights. These become exercisable subject to hitting defined performance targets and continued employment. The performance measures are based on the Company's total shareholder return and earnings per share in 2025.
Following this grant of Options, the total number of options outstanding in the Company are 6,776,253, representing 2.3% of the Company's total voting rights.
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by person discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them
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| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
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| Name | Milan Patel
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| Reason for the notification | |||||
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| Position/status | PDMR: Chief Executive Officer | ||||
| b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial Notification | ||||
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| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
| a)
| Name | dotdigital Group plc | ||||
| b)
| LEI | 2138006LZ7HHQ6DWFD42 | ||||
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| 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 0.5 pence each GB00B3W40C23 | ||||
| b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Grant of options over Ordinary Shares
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| c)
| Price(s) and volume(s)
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| d)
| Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price
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N/A | ||||
| e)
| Date of the transaction
| 08 December 2022 | ||||
| f)
| Place of the transaction
| London Stock Exchange (XLON) | ||||
| 1
| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
| a)
| Name | Alistair Gurney
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| 2
| Reason for the notification | |||||
| a)
| Position/status | PDMR: Chief Financial Officer | ||||
| b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
| Initial Notification | ||||
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| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
| a)
| Name | dotdigital Group plc | ||||
| b)
| LEI | 2138006LZ7HHQ6DWFD42 | ||||
| 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 0.5 pence each GB00B3W40C23 | ||||
| b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Grant of options over Ordinary Shares
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| c)
| Price(s) and volume(s)
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| d)
| Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price
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N/A | ||||
| e)
| Date of the transaction
| 08 December 2022
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| f)
| Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange (XLON) | ||||
For further information please contact:
| Dotdigital Group Plc Milan Patel, CEO Alistair Gurney, CFO | Tel: 020 3953 3072 InvestorRelations@dotdigital.com |
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| Alma PR (Financial PR) Hilary Buchanan David Ison Kieran Breheny
| Tel: 020 3405 0210 dotdigital@almapr.co.uk |
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| Canaccord Genuity (Nominated Advisor and Joint Broker) Jonathan Barr, Sales | Tel: 020 7523 8000 |
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| finnCap (Joint Broker) Alice Lane, ECM Rhys Williams, Sales | Tel: 020 7220 0500 |
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| Singer Capital Markets (Joint Broker) Alex Bond, Corporate Finance | Tel: 020 7496 3000 |
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