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On 18 August 2021, Peter Fowler (CEO), Simon Barrell (Non-Executive Director), and Roger Worrall (Company Secretary) collectively purchased 569,339 Ordinary Shares in Westminster Group Plc. The shares, with a nominal value of 0.1 pence each, were acquired at an aggregated weighted average price of 5.27 pence per share.
| Date | 19 Aug 2021 |
| Time | 07:00:07 |
| Category | Director/PDMR dealings |
| ID | 0974J |
Westminster Group Plc
('Westminster' or the 'Company')
Purchase of Shares by Directors & Company Secretary
Westminster Group Plc (AIM: WSG), a leading supplier of managed services and technology-based security solutions, is pleased to announce that it has been notified that the following Directors, and the Company Secretary, purchased, in aggregate, 569,339 shares of 0.1 pence each in the Company ('Ordinary Shares'):
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Director Name |
Title |
Number of Ordinary Shares purchased on 18 August 2021 |
Aggregate price paid per Ordinary Share |
Total Ordinary Shares owned |
% of issued share capital of Company |
|
Peter Fowler |
Chief Executive Officer |
100,000 |
5.11p |
6,601,794 |
2.00% |
|
Simon Barrell |
Non-Executive |
375,000 |
5.3p |
375,000 |
0.11% |
|
Roger Worrall |
Company Secretary |
94,339 |
5.3p |
2,294,861 |
0.69% |
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them
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1. |
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated |
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a) |
Names |
a) Peter Fowler, Chief Executive Officer b) Simon Barrell, Non-executive Director c) Roger Worrall, Company Secretary |
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2. |
Reason for the Notification |
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a) |
Position/status |
See 1(a) - classified as PDMRs of the Company |
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b) |
Initial notification/ Amendment |
Initial Notification |
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3. |
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor |
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a) |
Name |
Westminster Group Plc |
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b) |
LEI |
213800LU5SW6Q8RDVQ64 |
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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 |
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a) |
Description of the Financial instrument, type of instrument |
Ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each
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Identification code |
GB00B1XLC220 |
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b) |
Nature of the transaction |
Acquisition of Ordinary Shares
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c) |
Price(s) and volume(s) |
a) i) Price: 5.10p Volume: 72,336
ii) Price 5.12p Volume: 27,664
b) Price: 5.3p Volume: 375,000
c) Price: 5.3p Volume: 94,339
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|
d) |
Aggregated information: · Aggregated volume · Price |
569,339
5.27p |
|
e) |
Date of the transaction |
18 August 2021 |
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f) |
Place of the transaction |
AIM |
For further information please contact:
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Westminster Group Plc |
Media enquiries via Walbrook PR |
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Rt. Hon. Sir Tony Baldry - Chairman |
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Peter Fowler - Chief Executive Officer |
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Mark Hughes - Chief Financial Officer |
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Strand Hanson Limited (Financial & Nominated Adviser) |
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James Harris |
020 7409 3494 |
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Ritchie Balmer
Arden Partners plc (Broker) Richard Johnson (Corporate) Tim Dainton/Simon Johnson (Broking)
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020 7614 5900
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Walbrook (Investor Relations) |
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Tom Cooper |
020 7933 8780 |
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Paul Vann |
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Nick Rome |
Westminster@walbrookpr.com |
Notes:
Westminster Group plc is a specialist security and services group operating worldwide via an extensive international network of agents and offices in over 50 countries.
Westminster's principal activity is the design, supply and ongoing support of advanced technology security solutions, encompassing a wide range of surveillance, detection (including Fever Detection), tracking and interception technologies and the provision of long-term managed services contracts such as the management and running of complete security services and solutions in airports, ports and other such facilities together with the provision of manpower, consultancy and training services. The majority of its customer base, by value, comprises governments and government agencies, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and blue-chip commercial organisations.
The Westminster Group Foundation is part of the Group's Corporate Social Responsibility activities. www.wg-foundation.org
The Foundation's goal is to support the communities in which the Group operates by working with local partners and other established charities to provide goods or services for the relief of poverty and the advancement of education and healthcare particularly in the developing world.
The Westminster Group Foundation is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, CIO, registered with the Charities Commission number 1158653.
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS INSIDE INFORMATION AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE 7 OF THE MARKET ABUSE REGULATION NO. 596/2014 ("MAR") WHICH IS PART OF UK LAW BY VIRTUE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (WITHDRAWAL) ACT 2018. UPON THE PUBLICATION OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, THIS INSIDE INFORMATION IS NOW CONSIDERED TO BE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN