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On 6 November 2024, Dotdigital Group plc granted a total of 2,006,391 options over ordinary shares of 0.5 pence each to CEO Milan Patel, CFO Alistair Gurney, and Company Secretary George Kasparian under its Performance Share Plan 2017. These options, with an exercise price of 0.5p, individually comprised 688,389 for Mr. Patel, 413,034 for Mr. Gurney, and 75,149 for Mr. Kasparian, and collectively represent 0.65% of the Company's total voting rights. Following this grant, the total number of options outstanding in the Company is 11,476,366, which represents 3.7% of its total voting rights.
| Date | 6 Nov 2024 |
| Time | 15:12:19 |
| Category | Director/PDMR dealings |
| ID | 2265L |
6 November 2024
Dotdigital Group plc
("Dotdigital", the "Company" or the "Group")
Grant of Options
dotdigital Group Plc (AIM:DOTD), the leading SaaS provider of an all-in-one customer experience and data platform (CXDP), announces it has granted a total of 2,006,391 options over ordinary shares of 0.5 pence in the Company (the "Options") to certain Directors and PDMRs, pursuant to the dotdigital Performance Share Plan 2017, as set out below.
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Name |
Position |
Number of Options granted |
Exercise Price |
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Milan Patel |
Chief Executive Officer |
688,389 |
0.5 p |
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Alistair Gurney |
Chief Financial Officer |
413,034 |
0.5 p |
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George Kasparian |
Company Secretary |
75,149 |
0.5 p |
The Options are exercisable subject to continued employment and hitting defined performance targets based on the Company's total shareholder return and earnings per share in the financial year ending 30 June 2027.
In total, the Options represent 0.65% of the Company's total voting rights. Following this grant of Options, the total number of options outstanding in the Company is 11,476,366, representing 3.7% of the Company's total voting rights.
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by person 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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Name |
Milan Patel |
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Reason for the notification |
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a)
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Position/status |
Chief Executive Officer |
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Initial notification /Amendment
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Initial Notification |
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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 |
Dotdigital Group plc |
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b)
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LEI |
2138006LZ7HHQ6DWFD42 |
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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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Ordinary shares of 0.5 pence each ISIN: GB00B3W40C23 |
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Nature of the transaction
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Grant of options over Ordinary Shares |
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Price(s) and volume(s)
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Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price
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N/A - single transaction |
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e)
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Date of the transaction
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6 November 2024
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Place of the transaction
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Off market |
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Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated |
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Name |
Alistair Gurney |
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Reason for the notification |
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Position/status |
Chief Financial Officer |
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b)
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Initial notification /Amendment
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Initial Notification |
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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 |
Dotdigital Group plc |
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LEI |
2138006LZ7HHQ6DWFD42 |
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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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Ordinary shares of 0.5 pence each ISIN: GB00B3W40C23 |
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Nature of the transaction
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Grant of options over Ordinary Shares |
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Price(s) and volume(s)
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Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price
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N/A - single transaction |
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e)
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Date of the transaction
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6 November 2024
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Place of the transaction
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Off market |
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Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated |
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a)
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Name |
George Kasparian |
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Reason for the notification |
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Position/status |
Company Secretary |
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b)
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Initial notification /Amendment
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Initial Notification |
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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 |
Dotdigital Group plc |
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b)
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LEI |
2138006LZ7HHQ6DWFD42 |
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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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Ordinary shares of 0.5 pence each ISIN: GB00B3W40C23 |
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Nature of the transaction
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Grant of options over Ordinary Shares |
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Price(s) and volume(s)
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Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price
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N/A - single transaction |
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e)
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Date of the transaction
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6 November 2024
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Place of the transaction
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Off market |
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For further information please contact:
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Dotdigital Group Plc |
Tel: 020 3953 3072 |
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Alma Strategic Communications Hilary Buchanan David Ison Kieran Breheny |
Tel: 020 3405 0210
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Canaccord Genuity (Nominated Advisor and Joint Broker) Jonathan Barr, Sales |
Tel: 020 7523 8000 |
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Cavendish Capital Markets Limited (Joint Broker) Sunila de Silva, Equity Capital Markets |
Tel: 020 7220 0500 |
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Singer Capital Markets (Joint Broker) Alex Bond, Corporate Finance |
Tel: 020 7496 3000 |
About Dotdigital
Dotdigital Group plc (AIM: DOTD) is a leading provider of cross-channel marketing automation technology to marketing professionals. Dotdigital's customer experience and data platform (CXDP) combines the power of automation and AI to help businesses deliver hyper-relevant customer experiences at scale. With Dotdigital, marketing teams can unify and enrich their customer data, identify valuable customer segments, and deliver personalised cross-channel customer journeys that result in engagements, conversions, and loyalty.
Founded in 1999, Dotdigital is headquartered in London with offices in Croydon, Manchester, New York, Melbourne, Sydney, Singapore, Tokyo, Amsterdam, Cape Town, and Warsaw. Dotdigital's solutions empower over 4,000 brands across 150 countries.