1 February 2018
Billington Holdings Plc
("the Company" or "Billington")
Trading by Employee Benefit Trust
PCA Holdings
The Company confirms that it has received notice that on 22 January 2018, Ocorian Trustees (Jersey) Limited as trustees of the Billington Holdings ESOP Trust disposed of 7,800 Ordinary Shares for nil consideration, accordingly Ocorian Trustees (Jersey) Limited, as trustee of the Billington Holdings ESOP Trust now holds nil Ordinary Shares representing 0% of the total issued share capital of the Company.
At the same time, the Company has received notice that on the same date, Ocorian Trustees (Jersey) Limited, as trustee for the Billington Holdings Plc Employee Share Ownership Trust has acquired 7,800 Ordinary Shares in the Company, for nil consideration, and accordingly now holds 893,719 Ordinary Shares in the Company which represents 6.94% of the issued share capital.
The Company is aware that Ocorian Trustees (Jersey) Limited, as trustee for the various Billington Employee Trusts has continued to restructure its shareholding to facilitate any new employee share option arrangements and any future option arrangements that may be established in the future.
The following notifications, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, gives further details.
1 |
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated |
a) |
Name |
Ocorian Trustees (Jersey) Limited |
2 |
Reason for the notification |
a) |
Position/status |
Trustee for the Billington Holdings Plc Employee Share Ownership Trust |
b) |
Initial notification/ Amendment |
Initial Notification |
3 |
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor |
a) |
Name |
Billington Holdings Plc |
b) |
LEI |
N/A |
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 |
a) |
Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code |
Ordinary shares of 10p each GB0000332667 |
b) |
Nature of the transaction |
Sale of ordinary shares |
c) |
Price(s) and volume(s) |
Price(s) |
Volume(s) |
nil |
7,800 |
|
d) |
Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
7,800 |
e) |
Date of the transaction |
22 January 2018 |
f) |
Place of the transaction |
London Stock Exchange, AIM |
1 |
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated |
a) |
Name |
Ocorian Trustees (Jersey) Limited |
2 |
Reason for the notification |
a) |
Position/status |
Trustee for the Billington Holdings Plc Employee Share Ownership Trust |
b) |
Initial notification/ Amendment |
Initial Notification |
3 |
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor |
a) |
Name |
Billington Holdings Plc |
b) |
LEI |
N/A |
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 |
a) |
Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code |
Ordinary shares of 10p each GB0000332667 |
b) |
Nature of the transaction |
Purchase of ordinary shares |
c) |
Price(s) and volume(s) |
Price(s) |
Volume(s) |
nil |
7,800 |
|
d) |
Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
7,800 Nil |
e) |
Date of the transaction |
22 January 2018 |
f) |
Place of the transaction |
London Stock Exchange, AIM |
For further information please contact:
Billington Holdings Plc Tel: 01226 340666
Mark Smith, Chief Executive
Trevor Taylor, Finance Director
WH Ireland Limited Tel: 0161 8198875
Katy Mitchell
Ed Allsopp
Blytheweigh Tel: 020 71383204
Tim Blyth
Megan Ray
Rachael Brooks
