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| Date | 22 Jun 2023 |
| Time | 07:00:08 |
| Category | Director/PDMR dealings |
| ID | 5164D |
22 June 2023
CentralNic Group plc
Directors' Dealings
CentralNic Group plc (LSE:CNIC, "Company" or "CNIC") received notification on the 22 June 2023 from Kestrel Partners LLP ("Kestrel") that on the 20 June and 21 June 2023 it purchased, on behalf of its discretionary client accounts, an aggregate of 50,000 ordinary shares of £0.001 each ("Shares") in the Company at an average price of £1.1163 per share.
Mr Royde is a partner of, and holds a beneficial interest in, Kestrel. Mr Royde is also a shareholder in Kestrel Opportunities and is therefore deemed to have a beneficial interest in Kestrel Opportunities' entire legal holding in CNIC.
Following this transaction, Kestrel Opportunities holds (and consequently Mr Royde is deemed to have a beneficial interest in) 17,926,535 Shares in the Company, and other clients of Kestrel, in which Mr Royde has no beneficial interest hold 48,681,125 Shares in the Company.
On a combined basis, Kestrel indirectly holds voting rights over 66,607,660 Shares in the Company, which represents 23.51 per cent of the Company's issued share capital.
Kestrel's interest in the Shares in the Company is held through the following nominees:
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Holding type |
Nominee |
No. of shares |
% of issued share capital |
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Indirect |
Bank of New York Nominees Ltd |
17,926,535 |
6.33% |
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Indirect |
JIM Nominees Limited |
2,086,888 |
0.74% |
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Indirect |
Bank of New York Nominees Ltd |
24,214,299 |
8.55% |
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Indirect |
CB NYK - CITIBANK N.A.-PRIVATE BK |
19,079,476 |
6.73% |
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Indirect |
Northern Trust Company AVFC |
3,217,698 |
1.16% |
For further information contact:
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CentralNic Group Plc Michael Riedl, Chief Executive Officer William Green, Chief Financial Officer |
+44 (0) 203 388 0600 |
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Zeus (NOMAD and Joint Broker) Nick Cowles / Jamie Peel / James Edis (Investment Banking) Dominic King (Corporate Broking) |
+44 (0) 161 831 1512 +44 (0) 203 829 5000 |
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Berenberg (Joint Broker) Mark Whitmore / Richard Andrews / Alix Mecklenburg-Solodkoff |
+44 (0) 20 3207 7800 |
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SEC Newgate (for Media) Bob Huxford / Alice Cho / Harry Handyside / Tom Carnegie |
+44 (0) 203 757 6880 |
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ANNEX
Template for notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them
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Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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a)
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Name
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Kestrel Partners LLP
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Reason for the notification
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a)
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Position/status
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PCA - Max Royde (non-executive director CentralNic Group plc) |
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b)
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Initial notification /Amendment |
Initial |
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Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
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a)
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Name
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CentralNic Group plc |
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b)
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LEI
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213800WAVVOPS85N2205 |
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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
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a)
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Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code
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£0.001 Ordinary Shares
ISIN: GB00BCCW4X83
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b)
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Nature of the transaction
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Purchase |
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c)
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Price(s) and volume(s)
Transfer
Purchase
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d)
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Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
Purchase Total 50,000 shares at an average price of GBP 1.1163 |
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e)
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Date of the transaction
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20 & 21 June 2023 |
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f)
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Place of the transaction |
London AIM |
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