Centaur Media plc
Incorporated in England and Wales
Registration number: 04948078
LEI: 2138005WK87G7DQRQI62
ISIN: GB0034291418
26 July 2024
Centaur Media Plc
("the Company")
Notification of Transactions by Director/PDMR following Exercise of Long-Term Incentive Plan Awards.
Substantial proportion of shares retained by Directors.
In accordance with DTR 3.1 and Article 19 of the UK Market Abuse Regulation, the Company was advised on 25 July 2024 that Swag Mukerji, Chief Executive Officer, Simon Longfield, Chief Financial Officer and Jacquie MacKenzie, Interim Chief People Officer, who are considered to be Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility, exercised nil cost options under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan ('LTIP') on 24 May 2024 (Swag Mukerji), 28 May 2024 (Simon Longfield) and 11 June 2024 (Jacquie MacKenzie) and sold sufficient shares between 4 June 2024 and 25 July 2024 (Swag Mukerji and Simon Longfield) and between 20 June 2024 and 25 July 2024 (Jacquie MacKenzie) at an average price of £0.3465 (Swag Mukerji), £0.3465 (Simon Longfield) and £0.3393 (Jacquie MacKenzie) to settle their income tax and national insurance liabilities.
| Name of PDMR | Total number of shares acquired on exercise of LTIP award(s) | Exercise price | Number of shares sold to satisfy Tax and NI liabilities | Number of shares retained |
| Swag Mukerji | 826,329 | Nil cost | 390,329 | 436,000 |
| Simon Longfield | 451,898 | Nil cost | 213,462 | 238,436 |
| Jacquie MacKenzie | 100,837 | Nil cost | 47,635 | 53,202 |
This notification is made in accordance with the requirements of the UK Market Abuse Regulation.
| 1. | Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('PAC') | |||||||||
| a) | Name | Swag Mukerji | ||||||||
| b) | Position / status | Chief Executive Officer | ||||||||
| c) | Initial notification / amendment | Initial notification | ||||||||
| 2. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||||||
| a) | Full name of the entity | Centaur Media plc | ||||||||
| b) | Legal Entity Identifier code | 2138005WK87G7DQRQI62 | ||||||||
| 3. | 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 and identification code
| Ordinary shares of £0.10 each
ISIN: GB0034291418 | ||||||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction
| Acquisition following exercise of LTIP Award | ||||||||
| c)
| Price(s) and volume(s)
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Note: this was a single transaction.
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| d) | Aggregated information Aggregated volume Price (£)
| Not applicable - single transaction.
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| e) | Date of the transaction
| 24 May 2024 | ||||||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | ||||||||
| 1. | Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('PAC') | |||||||||||||||||
| a) | Name | Swag Mukerji | ||||||||||||||||
| b) | Position / status | Chief Executive Officer | ||||||||||||||||
| c) | Initial notification / amendment | Initial notification | ||||||||||||||||
| 2. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||||||||||||||
| a) | Full name of the entity | Centaur Media plc | ||||||||||||||||
| b) | Legal Entity Identifier code | 2138005WK87G7DQRQI62 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3. | 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 and identification code
| Ordinary shares of £0.10 each
ISIN: GB0034291418 | ||||||||||||||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction
| Sale of shares to satisfy income tax and national insurance liabilities.
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| c)
| Price(s) and volume(s)
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| d) | Aggregated information Aggregated volume Price (£)
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390,329 0.3465 | ||||||||||||||||
| e) | Date of the transaction
| 4 June 2024 to 25 July 2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange XLON | ||||||||||||||||
| 1. | Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('PAC') | |||||||||
| a) | Name | Simon Longfield | ||||||||
| b) | Position / status | Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||
| c) | Initial notification / amendment | Initial notification | ||||||||
| 2. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||||||
| a) | Full name of the entity | Centaur Media plc | ||||||||
| b) | Legal Entity Identifier code | 2138005WK87G7DQRQI62 | ||||||||
| 3. | 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 and identification code
| Ordinary shares of £0.10 each
ISIN: GB0034291418 | ||||||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction
| Acquisition following exercise of LTIP Award.
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| c)
| Price(s) and volume(s)
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Note: this was a single transaction.
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| d) | Aggregated information Aggregated volume Price (£)
| Not applicable - single transaction.
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| e) | Date of the transaction
| 28 May 2024
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| f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | ||||||||
| 1. | Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('PAC') | |||||||||||||||||
| a) | Name | Simon Longfield | ||||||||||||||||
| b) | Position / status | Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||||||||||
| c) | Initial notification / amendment | Initial notification | ||||||||||||||||
| 2. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||||||||||||||
| a) | Full name of the entity | Centaur Media plc | ||||||||||||||||
| b) | Legal Entity Identifier code | 2138005WK87G7DQRQI62 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3. | 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 and identification code
| Ordinary shares of £0.10 each
ISIN: GB0034291418 | ||||||||||||||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction
| Sale of shares to satisfy income tax and national insurance liabilities.
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| c)
| Price(s) and volume(s)
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| d) | Aggregated information Aggregated volume Price (£)
| 213,462 0.3465
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| e) | Date of the transaction
| 4 June 2024 to 25 July 2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange XLON | ||||||||||||||||
| 1. | Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('PAC') | |||||||||
| a) | Name | Jacquie MacKenzie | ||||||||
| b) | Position / status | Chief People Officer | ||||||||
| c) | Initial notification / amendment | Initial notification | ||||||||
| 2. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||||||
| a) | Full name of the entity | Centaur Media plc | ||||||||
| b) | Legal Entity Identifier code | 2138005WK87G7DQRQI62 | ||||||||
| 3. | 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 and identification code
| Ordinary shares of £0.10 each
ISIN: GB0034291418 | ||||||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction
| Acquisition following exercise of LTIP Award.
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| c)
| Price(s) and volume(s)
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Note: this was a single transaction.
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| d) | Aggregated information Aggregated volume Price (£)
| Not applicable - single transaction.
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| e) | Date of the transaction
| 11 June 2024 | ||||||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | ||||||||
| 1. | Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('PAC') | |||||||||||||
| a) | Name | Jacquie MacKenzie | ||||||||||||
| b) | Position / status | Chief People Officer | ||||||||||||
| c) | Initial notification / amendment | Initial notification | ||||||||||||
| 2. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||||||||||
| a) | Full name of the entity | Centaur Media plc | ||||||||||||
| b) | Legal Entity Identifier code | 2138005WK87G7DQRQI62 | ||||||||||||
| 3. | 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 and identification code
| Ordinary shares of £0.10 each
ISIN: GB0034291418 | ||||||||||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction
| Sale of shares to satisfy income tax and national insurance liabilities.
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| c)
| Price(s) and volume(s)
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| d) | Aggregated information Aggregated volume Price (£)
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47,635 0.3393 | ||||||||||||
| e) | Date of the transaction
| 20 June 2024 to 25 July 2024 | ||||||||||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange XLON | ||||||||||||
Ciara Galbraith
General Counsel and Company Secretary
0207 970 4000
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