10th January 2023
Christie Group plc
("Christie Group" or the "Company")
Director / PDMR Shareholding
Christie Group plc (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 10th January 2023, Mr Paul Ian Harding, Executive Director, who is considered to be a person discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMR"), sold 85,000 Christie Group ordinary shares of 2 pence each ("Ordinary shares") to the Christie Group Employee Share Ownership Trust ("ESOT") for a consideration of 117.5 pence per share.
In addition, Mr Harding's wife, Mrs Angela Harding, sold 85,000 Ordinary Shares to the ESOT for 117.5 pence per share.
As such, the total number of Ordinary Shares sold by Mr and Mrs Harding is 170,000.
Accordingly, Mr Harding's beneficial and non-beneficial holdings in the Company have reduced to 167,870 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 0.63 per cent of the total voting rights of the Company.
The notification below, made in accordance with the requirements of the UK Market Abuse Regulation, provides further detail.
Notification and public disclosures 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 | Paul Ian Harding | |||||
| 2 | Reason for the notification | ||||||
| a) | Position/status | Executive Director | |||||
| 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 | Sale of Ordinary Shares to the Company's ESOT | |||||
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| d) | Aggregated information |
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| e) | Date of the transaction | 10th January 2023 | |||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | |||||
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | ||||||
| a) | Name | Ms Angela Harding | |||||
| 2 | Reason for the notification | ||||||
| a) | Position/status | Closely associated person of Mr Paul Harding, Executive Director | |||||
| 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 | Sale of Ordinary Shares to the Company's ESOT | |||||
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| d) | Aggregated information |
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| e) | Date of the transaction | 10th January 2023 | |||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | |||||
For further information please contact:
| Christie Group plc |
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| David Rugg | 020 7227 0707 |
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| Dan Prickett | 020 7227 0700 |
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| Shore Capital |
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| Patrick Castle | 020 7408 4090 |
Notes to Editors:
Christie Group plc, quoted on AIM, is a leading professional business services group with 38 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
For more information, please go to www.christiegroup.com.
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