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On 15 July 2022, Driver Group PLC issued 100,000 ordinary shares from treasury at 34 pence per share and granted nil cost options over 150,000 ordinary shares to Mr Hugo Frans Bol, Managing Director Mainland Europe. Following these transactions, Mr. Bol holds 100,000 ordinary shares, representing 0.2% of the Group's issued share capital, and the total number of ordinary shares carrying voting rights in Driver Group PLC is 52,745,526.
| Date | 15 Jul 2022 |
| Time | 17:45:00 |
| Category | Director/PDMR dealings |
| ID | 7137S |
DRIVER GROUP PLC
("Driver" or the "Group")
PDMR Dealings
Driver Group PLC (AIM: DRV), the global professional services consultancy to the construction and engineering industries, announces that it has entered into an agreement with Mr Hugo Frans Bol, Managing Director Mainland Europe (the "Agreement").
As part of the Agreement, the Group has today issued 100,000 new ordinary shares of 0.4 pence each in the Group (the "Award Shares") held in Treasury and has granted nil cost options over 150,000 Ordinary Shares under the Group's share option scheme (the "Options") to Mr. Bol. The Options vest on receipt, subject to certain conditions. The issue price for the Award Shares is 34 pence per share, being the closing price the day the Agreement was entered into.
Following the issue of the Award Shares, Hugo Frans Bol holds 100,000 Ordinary Shares representing 0.2 per cent. of the Group's issued share capital.
To satisfy the issue of the Award Shares, 100,000 existing Ordinary Shares were transferred from treasury on15 July 2022.
Following the transfer of the Award Shares, the issued share capital of the Company consists of 53,962,868 Ordinary Shares of which 1,217,342 are held in Treasury. Therefore, the total number of Ordinary Shares carrying voting rights in Driver is 52,745,526. This figure of 52,745,526 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest, or a change to their interest, in the Company under the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
Enquiries:
Driver Group plc 020 7377 0005
Mark Wheeler (CEO)
David Kilgour (CFO)
Singer Capital Markets (Nomad & Broker) 020 7496 3000
Sandy Fraser
Will Goode
Acuitas Communications 020 3687 0868
Simon Nayyar [email protected]
Edward Lee [email protected]
Details of the transactions can be found in the Notification of Dealing Form below.
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Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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Name
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Hugo Frans Bol |
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Reason for the notification
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Position/status
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PDMR |
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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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Name
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Driver Group plc |
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b)
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LEI
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213800FN83KF8AF4Y572
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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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Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument |
Ordinary Shares of 0.4 pence each
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Identification code |
GB00B0L9C092 |
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b)
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Nature of the transaction
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Issue of Award Shares |
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Price(s) and volume(s) |
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Price(s) |
Volume(s) |
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34 pence |
100,000 |
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Aggregated information |
N/A - Single transaction |
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- Price |
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Date of the transaction
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15 July 2022
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Place of the transaction
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London Stock Exchange |
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Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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Name
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Hugo Frans Bol |
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Reason for the notification
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Position/status
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PDMR |
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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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Name
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Driver Group plc |
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b)
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LEI
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213800FN83KF8AF4Y572
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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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Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument |
Options over Ordinary Shares of 0.4 pence each
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Identification code |
GB00B0L9C092 |
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b)
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Nature of the transaction
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Grant of Options |
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c)
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Price(s) and volume(s) |
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Price(s) |
Volume(s) |
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Nil |
150,000 |
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Aggregated information |
N/A |
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- Price |
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e)
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Date of the transaction
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15 July 2022
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Place of the transaction
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Outside a trading venue - grant of options |
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