Last checked at 7 Feb 2022 12:39
WH Ireland Group Plc
("WH Ireland" or the "Company")
Issue of Equity
Total Voting Rights
The Company confirms today that it has issued ordinary shares in the Company to certain existing and previous Non-Executive Directors of the Company pursuant to the NED Share Scheme.
As announced on 11 March 2021 and 26 July 2021, Philip Shelley, Simon Lough and Helen Sinclair have agreed to receive ordinary shares in the Company in lieu of 25 per cent of the fees that would otherwise be due to be paid to them by the Company in respect of the 12 month period commencing on 1 December 2020 and ending on 30 November 2021. The ordinary shares for the period ending 30 November 2021, being the second tranche have been issued today at a price of 50.7p (being the 30 day VWAP ending 30 November 2021). The number of shares issued are calculated after the deduction of relevant tax.
Name of PDMR | Number of new shares | Total shares now held | Percentage of issued share capital now held |
Philip Shelley | 13,552 | 1,594,150 | 2.57% |
Simon Lough | 7,760 | 479,544 | 0.77% |
Helen Sinclair | 6,125 | 7,017 | 0.01% |
In addition, 6,460 ordinary shares were issued to non-executive directors who have subsequently left the firm, in lieu of 25% of their salary accrued up to the date of their departure.
Accordingly, the Company has issued 33,897 Ordinary Shares today (the "New Shares"). Application has been made to admit the New Shares to trading on AIM ("Admission"). Admission is expected to become effective on 11 February 2022 and the New Shares will rank pari passu in all respects with the Company's existing ordinary shares in issues.
For the purposes of the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules ("DTRs"), the issued ordinary share capital of the Company following Admission will consist of 62,086,027 ordinary shares with voting rights attached (one vote per ordinary share). There are no ordinary shares held in treasury. This total voting rights figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine whether they are required to notify their interests in, or a change to their interest in, the Company.
WH Ireland Group plc | www.whirelandplc.com |
Phillip Wale, Chief Executive Officer | +44(0) 20 7220 1666 |
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Andrew Potts / Tom Diehl | +44(0) 20 3368 3555 |
MHP Communications | whireland@mhpc.com |
Reg Hoare / James Bavister | +44 (0) 20 3128 8793 |
The notifications set out below are provided in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation.
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities | |||||||
a) | Name | Phillip Shelley | ||||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||||
a) | Position/status | Chairman | ||||||
b) | Initial notification/amendment | Initial notification | ||||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||||
a) | Name | WH Ireland Group plc | ||||||
b) | LEI | 213800HB9TO5O4WD6S66 | ||||||
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 0.5 pence each
GB0009241885 | ||||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Issue of Ordinary Shares
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c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
13,552 50.7p
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e) | Date of the transaction | 7 February 2021 | ||||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange (XLON) | ||||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities | |||||||
a) | Name | Simon Lough | ||||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||||
a) | Position/status | Non-Executive Director | ||||||
b) | Initial notification/amendment | Initial notification | ||||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||||
a) | Name | WH Ireland Group plc | ||||||
b) | LEI | 213800HB9TO5O4WD6S66 | ||||||
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 0.5 pence each
GB0009241885 | ||||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Issue of Ordinary Shares | ||||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
7,760 50.7p
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e) | Date of the transaction | 7 February 2021 | ||||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange (XLON) | ||||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities | |||||||
a) | Name | Helen Sinclair | ||||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||||
a) | Position/status | Non-Executive Director | ||||||
b) | Initial notification/amendment | Initial notification | ||||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||||
a) | Name | WH Ireland Group plc | ||||||
b) | LEI | 213800HB9TO5O4WD6S66 | ||||||
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 0.5 pence each
GB0009241885 | ||||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Issue of Ordinary Shares
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c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
6,125 50.7p
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e) | Date of the transaction | 7 February 2021 | ||||||
f) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange (XLON) | ||||||