RNS Number : 1713P
Focusrite PLC
07 February 2023
 

Focusrite plc

 

("the Company" or "the Group")

 

PDMR Dealings

Settlement of Share Options

 

Focusrite plc (AIM:TUNE), the global music and audio products company that trades under the Focusrite and Novation brands, announces that on 6 February 2023 Christian Hellinger, a Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMR"), exercised nominal cost options over 11,637 shares granted to them under the Company's Performance Share Plan and acquired ordinary shares of 0.1p each in the Company.

 

The option was granted on 13 May 2020 and became vested and exercisable as from 24 December 2022. The exercise of the option was settled in part by the transfer of 5,236 ordinary shares and in part with a cash payment equal to market value of 6,401 ordinary shares to meet the PDMR's liability to income tax and social security contributions arising on the exercise of the option.

 

Following the transaction Mr. Hellinger will have a beneficial holding of 5,236 Ordinary Shares which represents 0.009% of the current issued share capital.

 

The information set out below is provided in accordance with the requirements of Article 19(3) of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014.

  

1

Details of the persons discharging managerial responsibilities person closely associated

a)

Name

 Rolf Christian Hellinger

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

 CEO, ADAM Audio

b)

Initial notification /Amendment

 Initial notification

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Focusrite plc

b)

LEI

213800JJ51KA4LOTF736

4A

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) eachdate; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

a)

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Ordinary Shares of 0.1p each in Focusrite plc

Identification code

GB00BSBMW716

b)

Nature of the transaction

Exercise of a nominal cost option under the Focusrite plc Performance Share Plan and acquisition of ordinary shares of 0.1p each in Focusrite plc (or, as to 45% of the vested shares number, cash in lieu of such shares).

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

Price(s)

Volumes

£11.63

11,637 (settled in part by the transfer of 5,236 ordinary shares and in part with a cash payment equal to market value of 6,401 ordinary shares to meet the PDMR's liability to income tax and employee national insurance arising on the exercise of the option over 11,637 shares)

 

d)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume 

- Price 

Not applicable - single transaction

e)

Date of the transaction

6 February 2023

f)

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue

 

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Enquiries:

Focusrite plc


Tim Carroll (CEO)

+44 1494 462246

Sally McKone (CFO)

+44 1494 462246

Investec Bank plc (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker)

+44 (0) 20 7597 5970

David Flin / William Brinkley / Charlotte Young


Peel Hunt LLP (Joint Broker)

+44 (0) 20 7418 8900

Paul Gillam / Michael Burke / James Smith


Belvedere Communications (Financial PR)

 +44 (0)20 3008 6864

John West / Llew Angus



 

 

 

Notes to Editors

Focusrite plc is a global audio products group that develops and markets proprietary hardware and software products. Used by audio professionals and musicians, its solutions facilitate the high-quality production of recorded and live sound. The Group trades under eleven established brands: Focusrite, Focusrite Pro, Novation, Ampify, ADAM Audio, Martin Audio, Optimal Audio, Linea Research, Sequential, Oberheim and Sonnox.

With a high-quality reputation and a rich heritage spanning decades, its brands are category leaders in the music-making and audio recording industries. Focusrite and Focusrite Pro design and manufacture audio interfaces and other products for recording musicians, producers and professional audio facilities. Novation and Ampify products are used in the creation of electronic music, from synthesisers and grooveboxes to industry-shaping controllers and inspirational music-making apps. ADAM Audio studio monitors have earned a worldwide reputation based on technological innovation in the field of studio loudspeaker technology.  Martin Audio designs and manufactures performance-ready systems across the spectrum of sound reinforcement applications. Linea Research designs, develops, manufactures and sells market innovative professional audio equipment globally. Sequential designs and manufactures high end analogue synthesizers under the Sequential and Oberheim brands.  Sonnox is a leading designer of innovative, high quality, award-winning audio processing software plug-ins for professional audio engineers.

The Group has offices in four continents and a global customer base with a distribution network covering approximately 240 territories.

Focusrite plc is traded on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange.

 

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