FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 15 August 2017
CREIGHTONS PLC ("Creightons" or "the Company")
Exercise of Employee Share Options, Issue of Equity, and Total Voting Rights
The Company is pleased to announce that further to the exercise of options by a member of the employee's share option scheme, a total of 45,000 new ordinary shares of 1p each ("the Option Shares") have been issued for a total of £1,912.50.
Application will be made for the Option Shares, which will rank pari passu with the Company's existing ordinary shares, to be admitted to listing on the premium listing segment of the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities ("Admission"). Admission is expected on or around 18 August 2017.
On Admission, the Company will have 60,597,243 ordinary shares in issue with voting rights. Creightons does not currently hold any shares in treasury. Accordingly, this figure of 60,597,243 ordinary shares may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of EU Regulation No. 596/2014 on market abuse. Upon the publication of this announcement via a Regulatory Information Service, this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain.
Enquiries - Analysts and Investors
Nicholas O'Shea, Director, Creightons Plc 01733 281000
Roland Cornish / Felicity Geidt, Beaumont Cornish Limited 0207 628 3396
Enquiries - Press
Clive Hunter-Dunne, Anagallis Communications Limited 07922 697198 [email protected]
