12 December 2019
Begbies Traynor Group plc
Director/PDMR Shareholding
John Humphrey, Group Company Secretary at Begbies Traynor Group plc, has exercised share options ("the Options") over 100,000 ordinary 5 pence shares in the Group ("Ordinary Shares") at an exercise price of 51 pence and over 50,000 Ordinary Shares at an exercise price of 36.69 pence. Using net settlement, this has resulted in the issue and allotment of 70,748 Ordinary Shares. The Ordinary Shares are expected to be admitted to trading on AIM on 18 December 2019.
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them.
| 1. | Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ("PCA") | |||||
| a) | Name | John Humphrey | ||||
| 2. | Reason for the notification | |||||
| a) | Position / status | Group Company Secretary (PDMR) | ||||
| b) | Initial notification / amendment | Initial notification | ||||
| 3. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
| a) | Name | Begbies Traynor 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 | Options granted at an option price of 51 pence over 100,000 Ordinary Shares and an option price of 36.69 pence over 50,000 Ordinary Shares. | ||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Exercise of options over 100,000 Ordinary Shares at an exercise price of 51 pence and 50,000 Ordinary Shares at an exercise price of 36.69 pence. The Options have been exercised by net settlement, using the closing price on 11 December 2019 of 87.5 pence. This has resulted in the issue and allotment of 70,748 fully paid Ordinary Shares for which the Company has applied to AIM for listing and which upon admission will rank pari passu with the Company's other Ordinary Shares. | ||||
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| e) | Date of the transaction | 12 December 2019 | ||||
| f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, AIM | ||||
For further information:
Begbies Traynor Group plc 0161 837 1700
John Humphrey