24 January 2023
NETCALL PLC
("Netcall", the "Company" or the "Group")
Exercise of Options, Director/PDMR Dealing and Total Voting Rights
Netcall plc (AIM: NET), a leading customer engagement software provider, announces that it has issued and allotted 2,050,598 new ordinary shares of 5 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") following the exercise of share options by Michael Jackson, Chairman, Henrik Bang, Chief Executive Officer, James Ormondroyd, Group Finance Director and employees of the Company, of 318,670, 844,543, 494,661 and 392,724 options over Ordinary Shares respectively.
In order to satisfy investor demand, Mr Jackson has sold 300,000 Ordinary Shares, Mr Bang has sold 1,713,694 Ordinary Shares, Mr Ormondroyd has sold 494,661 Ordinary Shares and Mr Neville has sold 335,000 Ordinary Shares, each at a price of 105 pence per Ordinary Share.
Following the exercise of options, the issue of the 2,050,598 new Ordinary Shares and sale of Ordinary Shares, the relevant director's shareholding is as follows:
· Mr Jackson's shareholding has increased from 2,027,780 to 2,046,450 Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each, representing an unchanged 1.28 per cent. of the issued share capital of the Company
· Mr. Bang's shareholding has decreased from 6,577,271 to 5,708,120 Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each, representing 3.57 per cent. of the issued share capital of the Company
· Mr. Ormondroyd's shareholding is unchanged at 2,721,705 Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each, representing 1.70 per cent. of the issued share capital of the Company; and
· Mr Neville's shareholding has decreased from 686,565 to 351,565 Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each, representing 0.22 per cent. of the issued share capital of the Company.
The abovenamed directors have no further intention to sell Ordinary Shares at the current time.
Application has been made to the London Stock Exchange for the 2,050,598 new Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM ("Admission") and it is expected that Admission will become effective and trading will commence at 8.00 a.m. on 30 January 2023.
The Company advises that, following Admission, the Company's issued share capital will be 161,921,267 Ordinary Shares which includes 1,869,181 Ordinary Shares which are held in treasury. As such the Company's total number of Ordinary Shares with voting rights is 160,052,086.
The above figure of 160,052,086 may be used by shareholders 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, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
For further enquiries, please contact:
| Netcall plc | Tel. +44 (0) 330 333 6100 |
| Henrik Bang, CEO |
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| Michael Jackson, Chairman |
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| James Ormondroyd, Group Finance Director |
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| Canaccord Genuity Limited (Nominated Adviser and Broker) | Tel. +44 (0) 20 7523 8000 |
| Simon Bridges / Andrew Potts |
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| Alma PR | Tel. +44 (0) 20 3405 0205 |
| Hilary Buchanan/ Caroline Forde / Matthew Young | |
About Netcall
Netcall's Liberty software platform with Intelligent Automation and Customer Engagement solutions helps organisations digitally transform their businesses faster and more efficiently, empowering them to create a leaner, more customer-centric organisation.
Netcall's customers span enterprise, healthcare and government sectors. These include two-thirds of the NHS Acute Health Trusts and leading corporates including Legal and General, Lloyds Banking Group, Aon and Santander.
For further information, please go to www.netcall.com.
Prior to publication the information communicated in this announcement was deemed by the Company to constitute inside information for the purposes of article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulations (EU) No 596/2014 as amended by regulation 11 of the Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations No 2019/310 ('MAR'). With the publication of this announcement, this information is now considered to be in the public domain.
| 1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | ||||||||||
| a) | Name | Michael Jackson | |||||||||
| 2. | Reason for the Notification | ||||||||||
| a) | Position/status | Chairman | |||||||||
| b) | Initial notification/Amendment | Initial Notification | |||||||||
| 3. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||||||||||
| b) | LEI | 213800GZHEAA98QBJY98 | |||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||
| Identification code | GB0000060532 | ||||||||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | (a) Exercise of Options to acquire ordinary shares (b) Sale of ordinary shares | |||||||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| d) | Aggregated information: Aggregated volume Price | 318,670 Ordinary Shares exercised at a price of 5 pence per Ordinary Share 300,000 Ordinary Shares sold at a price of 105 pence per Ordinary Share | |||||||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 24 January 2023 | |||||||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange (XLON) | |||||||||
| 1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | ||||||||||
| a) | Name | Henrik Bang | |||||||||
| 2. | Reason for the Notification | ||||||||||
| a) | Position/status | Chief Executive Officer | |||||||||
| b) | Initial notification/Amendment | Initial Notification | |||||||||
| 3. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||||||||||
| b) | LEI | 213800GZHEAA98QBJY98 | |||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||
| Identification code | GB0000060532 | ||||||||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | (a) Exercise of Options to acquire ordinary shares (b) Sale of ordinary shares | |||||||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| d) | Aggregated information: Aggregated volume Price | 844,543 Ordinary Shares exercised at a price of 5 pence per Ordinary Share 1,713,694 Ordinary Shares sold at a price of 105 pence per Ordinary Share | |||||||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 24 January 2023 | |||||||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange (XLON) | |||||||||
| 1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | ||||||||||
| a) | Name | James Ormondroyd | |||||||||
| 2. | Reason for the Notification | ||||||||||
| a) | Position/status | Group Finance Director | |||||||||
| b) | Initial notification/Amendment | Initial Notification | |||||||||
| 3. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||||||||||
| b) | LEI | 213800GZHEAA98QBJY98 | |||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||
| Identification code | GB0000060532 | ||||||||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | (a) Exercise of Options to acquire ordinary shares (b) Sale of ordinary shares | |||||||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| d) | Aggregated information: Aggregated volume Price | 494,661 Ordinary Shares exercised at a price of 5 pence per Ordinary Share 494,661 Ordinary Shares sold at a price of 105 pence per Ordinary Share | |||||||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 24 January 2023 | |||||||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange (XLON) | |||||||||
| 1. | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||||
| a) | Name | Michael Neville | ||||||
| 2. | Reason for the Notification | |||||||
| a) | Position/status | Non Executive Director | ||||||
| b) | Initial notification/Amendment | Initial Notification | ||||||
| 3. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||||
| b) | LEI | 213800GZHEAA98QBJY98 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| Identification code | GB0000060532 | |||||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | (a) Sale of ordinary shares | ||||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| d) | Aggregated information: Aggregated volume Price | 335,000 Ordinary Shares sold at a price of 105 pence per Ordinary Share | ||||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 24 January 2023 | ||||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange (XLON) | ||||||
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