24 January 2020
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Volution Group plc
("Volution" or the "Company")
Director and PCA Dealing
Volution Group plc (LSE: FAN) announces that it has been notified by Ronnie George and Lynsey George (the "Sellers") that, further to the announcement earlier today, they have successfully sold a total of 3.05 million ordinary shares in the Company ("Sale Shares") at a price of 230 pence per Sale Share (the "Sale"). The Sale Shares in aggregate represent approximately 1.5% of the Company's issued share capital. Lynsey George is the wife of, and therefore a person closely associated with, Ronnie George.
Ronnie George will continue to have an interest in approximately 1.5% of the issued share capital of the Company. Ronnie George has also undertaken that, without the prior written consent of Liberum Capital Limited, neither he, nor any person closely associated with him, will dispose of any further ordinary shares for a period of 12 months after completion of the Sale (subject to customary exceptions).
The Company was not a party to the Sale and will not receive any proceeds from the Sale.
This announcement contains inside information as defined in Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) 596/2014. The person responsible for making this announcement on behalf of the Company is Andy O'Brien, Chief Financial Officer.
For further information:
Volution Group plc
Michael Anscombe, Company Secretary +44 (0) 1293 441 562
Liberum Capital Limited +44 (0) 203 100 2222
Neil Patel
Richard Bootle
Edward Phillips
Tulchan Communications +44 (0) 207 353 4200
James Macey White
David Allchurch
Legal Entity Identifier: 213800EPT84EQCDHO768.
Note to Editors:
Volution Group plc (LSE: FAN) is a leading supplier of ventilation products to the residential and commercial construction markets in the UK, the Nordics, Central Europe and Australasia.
The Volution Group operates through two divisions: the Ventilation Group and the OEM (Torin-Sifan) division. The Ventilation Group comprises 15 key brands - Vent-Axia, Manrose, Diffusion, National Ventilation, Airtech, Breathing Buildings, Fresh, PAX, VoltAir, Kair, Air Connection, inVENTer, Ventilair, Simx and Ventair, focused primarily on the UK, the Nordic, Central European and Australasian ventilation markets. The Ventilation Group principally supplies ventilation products for residential and commercial ventilation applications. The OEM (Torin-Sifan) division supplies motors, fans and blowers to OEMs of heating and ventilation products for both residential and commercial construction applications in Europe. For more information, please go to: www.volutiongroupplc.com
1 |
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated |
a) |
Name |
Ronnie George |
2 |
Reason for the notification |
a) |
Position/status |
Chief Executive Officer |
b) |
Initial notification /Amendment |
Initial Notification |
3 |
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor |
a) |
Name |
Volution Group plc |
b) |
LEI |
213800EPT84EQCDHO768 |
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 £0.01 each ISIN: GB00BN3ZZ526 |
b) |
Nature of the transaction |
Disposal of shares |
c) |
Price(s) and volume(s) |
Price(s) |
Volume(s) |
230 pence |
2,800,000 |
|
d) |
Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
n/a (single transaction) |
e) |
Date of the transaction |
24 January 2020 |
f) |
Place of the transaction |
London Stock Exchange |
1 |
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated |
a) |
Name |
Lynsey George |
2 |
Reason for the notification |
a) |
Position/status |
Person Closely Associated with Ronnie George |
b) |
Initial notification /Amendment |
Initial Notification |
3 |
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor |
a) |
Name |
Volution Group plc |
b) |
LEI |
213800EPT84EQCDHO768 |
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 £0.01 each ISIN: GB00BN3ZZ526 |
b) |
Nature of the transaction |
Disposal of shares |
c) |
Price(s) and volume(s) |
Price(s) |
Volume(s) |
230 pence |
250,000 |
|
d) |
Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
n/a (single transaction) |
e) |
Date of the transaction |
24 January 2020 |
f) |
Place of the transaction |
London Stock Exchange |
