Dekel Agri-Vision Plc / Index: AIM / Epic: DKL / Sector: Food Producers
Dekel Agri-Vision Plc ('Dekel' or the 'Company')
Director Shareholding and Issue of Equity
Dekel Agri-Vision Plc, the West African focused agriculture company, is pleased to announce that following the commencement of his employment contract on 16 March 2020, Aristide Achy Brou, a non-executive director, elected to receive shares in Dekel rather than cash for all remuneration that became due for the period 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022 ("Period"). As a result, a total of 612,554 ordinary shares in the Company will be issued pursuant to his contract. The price of the shares have been calculated as the monthly average of 10 daily VWAPs over the 10 trading days prior to month end during the Period. Following this, Aristide Achy Brou will hold 23,824,324 ordinary shares in the Company, representing approximately 4.27% of the Company's enlarged total voting rights. Aristide Achy Brou has also elected to receive his entire remuneration in shares for the 2023 calendar year.
Application will be made to the London Stock Exchange for the admission of a total of 612,554 ordinary shares of €0.0003367 each ("Ordinary Shares") to trading on AIM ("Admission"). It is expected that Admission will become effective on or around 23 March 2023. Following Admission, the Company's issued share capital will consist of 558,536,353 Ordinary Shares.
Dekel Executive Director Lincoln Moore said: "Aristide's continuing request to receive shares in Dekel rather than cash in settlement of remuneration in our view represents an endorsement of the Company and its prospects."
The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulations (EU) No. 596/2014 ("MAR"). Upon the publication of this announcement via a Regulatory Information Service ("RIS"), this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain.
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For further information please visit the Company's website www.dekelagrivision.com or contact:
| Dekel Agri-Vision Plc Youval Rasin Shai Kol Lincoln Moore
| +44 (0) 207 236 1177 |
| WH Ireland Ltd (Nomad and Joint Broker) James Joyce Darshan Patel
| +44 (0) 20 7220 1666 |
| Optiva Securities Limited (Joint Broker) Christian Dennis Jeremy King
| +44 (0) 203 137 1903 |
Notes:
Dekel Agri-Vision Plc is a multi-project, multi-commodity agriculture company focused on West Africa. It has a portfolio of projects in Côte d'Ivoire at various stages of development: a fully operational palm oil project in Ayenouan where fruit produced by local smallholders is processed at the Company's 60,000tpa capacity crude palm oil mill and a cashew processing project in Tiebissou, which is currently transitioning to full commercial production in 2023.
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them in accordance with the Market Abuse Regulations
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |||||
| a) | Name | Aristide ("Aris") C. Achy Brou
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| 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 | |||||
| a) | Name | Dekel Agri-Vision plc | ||||
| b) | LEI | 213800TZMTERFY8P7D14
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| 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 EUR0.0003367 each
CY0106502111 | ||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Issue of shares in lieu of non-executive Director fee | ||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| d) | Aggregated information | N/A | ||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 13 March 2023 | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, AIM | ||||
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