9th January 2023
Christie Group plc
("Christie Group" or the "Company")
PDMR notification
Christie Group plc (AIM: CTG.L), the leading provider of Professional & Financial Services and Stock & Inventory Systems & Services to the hospitality, leisure, healthcare, medical, childcare & education and retail sectors, has been notified that on 9th January 2023, David Barry Rugg, Chairman and Chief Executive, exercised options over 9,045 ordinary shares of 2 pence each in the Company ("the "Option Shares").
The Option Shares had been subscribed for by Mr Rugg under the Christie Group Save As Your Earn Scheme and have been transferred to Mr Rugg by the Christie Group Employee Share Ownership Trust ("ESOT") in accordance with the terms of the scheme for a consideration of £0.995 pence per share for 9,045 Option Shares.
Accordingly, Mr Rugg's total holding in the Company, has increased to 67,891 ordinary shares of 2 pence each ("Ordinary Shares"), representing approximately 0.26 per cent of the total voting rights of the Company. This 0.26 per cent holding excludes those Ordinary Shares held beneficially by Mrs Rugg.
The notification below, made in accordance with the requirements of the UK Market Abuse Regulation, provides further detail.
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 | David Barry Rugg | |||||
| 2 | Reason for the notification | ||||||
| a) | Position/status | Chairman and Chief Executive | |||||
| b) | Initial notification/ Amendment | Initial Notification | |||||
| 3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||||||
| a) | Name | Christie Group plc | |||||
| 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 2 pence each ISIN: GB0001953156
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| b) | Nature of the transaction | Exercise of share options | |||||
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| d) | Aggregated information |
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| e) | Date of the transaction | 9 January 2023 | |||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | |||||
For further information please contact:
Christie Group plc
Daniel Prickett, Chief Operating Officer 020 7227 0700
Shore Capital - Nominated Advisor & Broker
Patrick Castle / Iain Sexton 020 7408 4090
About Christie Group:
Christie Group plc, quoted on AIM, is a leading professional business services group with 39 offices across the UK and Europe, catering to its specialist markets in the hospitality, leisure, healthcare, medical, childcare & education and retail sectors.
Christie Group operates in two complementary business divisions: Professional & Financial Services (PFS) and Stock & Inventory Systems & Services (SISS). These divisions trade under the brand names: PFS - Christie & Co, Pinders, Christie Finance and Christie Insurance: SISS - Orridge, Venners and Vennersys.
Tracing its origins back to 1846, the Group has a long-established reputation for offering valued services to client companies in agency, valuation services, investment, consultancy, project management, multi-functional trading systems and online ticketing services, stock audit and inventory management. The diversity of these services provides a natural balance to the Group's core agency business.
For more information, please go to www.christiegroup.com.
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